Status Updates From Il libro dell'inquietudine

"It was an occasion to be happy. But something weighed on me, some inscrutable yearning, an indefinable and perhaps even noble desire. Perhaps it was just taking me a long time to feel alive."

Goddamn, you didn't need to hurt me like so early on man, I wasn't prepared yet.

“I have the impression that I’ve known hours of every hue, loves of every flavour, desires of every shape and size. I’ve committed boundless excesses, and yet I was never enough for myself even in my dreams.” p.48