“Who has not asked himself at some time or other: am I a monster or is this what it means to be a person?”
― A Hora da Estrela
― A Hora da Estrela
“It is in our relations with other people that we gain a sense of ourselves; it's that, pretty much, that makes relations with other people unbearable.”
― Platform
― Platform
“When I pronounce the word Future,
the first syllable already belongs to the past.
When I pronounce the word Silence,
I destroy it.”
― Poems New and Collected
the first syllable already belongs to the past.
When I pronounce the word Silence,
I destroy it.”
― Poems New and Collected
“Ya no soy más que yo para siempre y tú
Ya no serás para mí más que tú.
Ya no estás en un día futuro
no sabré dónde vives, con quién
ni si te acuerdas.
No me abrazarás nunca como esa noche, nunca.
No volveré a tocarte. No te veré morir.”
― Poesía completa
Ya no serás para mí más que tú.
Ya no estás en un día futuro
no sabré dónde vives, con quién
ni si te acuerdas.
No me abrazarás nunca como esa noche, nunca.
No volveré a tocarte. No te veré morir.”
― Poesía completa
“Becoming "awake" involves seeing our confusion more clearly.”
― The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation
― The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation
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