"Time! The present! In these, I am…" — Fernando Pessoa

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Le Temps ! Le présent ! En ceux-ci, je suis presque enclin à croire. Je suis un mystique sceptique.

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“There is no norm that, when violated, does not become the norm of another.”

Fernando Pessoa

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