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I think of life as an inn where I have to stay until the abyss coach arrives. I don't know where it will take me, for I know nothing.
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Original: Considero a vida uma estalagem onde tenho que me demorar até que chegue a dilig?ncia do abismo. N?o sei onde ela me levará, porque n?o sei nada.
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A Factless Autobiography, Richard Zenith Edition, Lisbon, 2006, p. 40

 

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