Willem Janssen

“Não sou nada.
Nunca serei nada.
Não posso querer ser nada.
À parte isso, tenho em mim todos os sonhos do mundo.”
― Fernando Pessoa, Tabacaria e Outros Poemas

“There is no reality except the one contained within us. That is why so many people live such an unreal life. They take the images outside of them for reality and never allow the world within to assert itself.”
― Hermann Hesse, Steppenwolf

“Musik und Leben hängen irgendwie zusammen, das heißt, man hört nur die Musik, die irgendwie zum eigenen Leben passt. Wenn sich das Leben aber ändert, wird auch die Musik, die man hören will, eine andere und die Beziehung zu den alten Melodien, die man mal sehr mochte, ändert sich.”
― Markus Seidel, Umwege erhöhen die Ortskenntnis.

“When all by myself, I can think of all kinds of clever remarks, quick comebacks to what no one said, and flashes of witty sociability with nobody. But all of this vanishes when I face someone in the flesh: I lose my intelligence, I can no longer speak, and after half an hour I just feel tired. Talking to people makes me feel like sleeping. Only my ghostly and imaginary friends, only the conversations I have in my dreams, are genuinely real and substantial.”
― Fernando Pessoa