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“To have opinions is to sell out to youself. To have no opinions is to exist. To have every opinion is to be a poet.”
― Fernando Pessoa, Libro del desasosiego

“Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

“Each of us is several, is many,is a profusion of selves. So that the self who disdains his surroundings is not the same as the self who suffers or takes joy in them. In the vast colony of our being there are many species of people who think and feel in different ways. Livro Do Desassossego”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquietude

“Like the castle in its corner
In a medieval game
I foresee terrible trouble
And I stay here just the same.”
― Steely Dan, The Best of Steely Dan | Guitar Recorded Versions Songbook with Tabs | Rock Guitar Sheet Music Book with 20 Classic Hits Transcribed Note-for-Note | Hal Leonard Guitar TAB Collection

“No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it”
― Fernando Pessoa

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

“Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper.”
― Quentin Crisp