“The world is like that -- incomprehensible and full of surprises .”
― Gabriela, clavo y canela
― Gabriela, clavo y canela
“(Hungarian...) the only tongue the devil respects.”
― Budapeste
― Budapeste
“Look, there's no metaphysics on earth like chocolates.”
― Collected Later Poems of Alvaro de Campos: 1928-1935
― Collected Later Poems of Alvaro de Campos: 1928-1935
“ATHENA: There are two sides to this dispute. I've heard only one half the argument. (...) So you two parties, summon your witnesses, set out your proofs, with sworn evidence to back your stories. Once I've picked the finest men in Athens, I'll return. They'll rule fairly in this case, bound by a sworn oath to act with justice.”
― Eumenides
― Eumenides
“Everything around me is evaporating. My whole life, my memories, my imagination and its contents, my personality - it's all evaporating. I continuously feel that I was someone else, that I felt something else, that I thought something else. What I'm attending here is a show with another set. And the show I'm attending is myself.”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
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