“I've never done anything but dream. This, and this alone, has been the meaning of my life. My only real concern has been my inner life.” The Book of Disquiet is a work by the Portuguese author and poet Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935). Published posthumously, The Book of Disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who [...]
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Alejandra Pizarnik | A Musical Hell
“Greenish water on my face: I will drink from you until the night opens. No one can save me. I'm invisible even to myself.” A Musical Hell (Excerpt) 1. THE SHAPES OF A PREMONITION COLD IN HAND BLUES and what is it you're going to say i'm just going to say something and what's this [...]
Tolstoï | La guerre et la paix | Citation
Il fut long à se faire à l'idée qu'il était, lui, le type de ces chambellans de Moscou qu'il considérait avec tant de mépris sept ans auparavant.Parfois il se consolait en se disant que cette existence n'était que provisoire, qu'il la menait seulement en attendant; mais ensuite il songeait avec terreur au nombre de gens [...]
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
I learned to recognise the thorough and primitive duality of man; I saw that, of the two natures that contended in the field of my consciousness, even if I could rightly be said to be either, it was only because I was radically both. (...) With every day, and from both sides of my intelligence, [...]