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Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet Quotes: Ah, it's my longing for whom I might have been that distracts and torments me!
         

Ah, it's my longing for whom I might have been that distracts and torments me!


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Ah, it's my longing for whom I might have been that distracts and torments me!
         



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