Book of Disquiet - Fernando Pessoa (Bernardo Soares)

I write, sad, in my quiet room, alone as I have always been, alone as I will always be. And I wonder if my voice, apparently so little, doesn't embody the substance of thousands of voices, the hunger to be told of thousands of lives, the patience of millions of souls submissive like mine to everyday fate, to useless dreams, to hope without a trace. In these moments my heart beats louder because of my awareness of it. I live more because I live bigger."
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