How should I know what I’ll be, I who don’t know w · Fernando Pessoa

How should I know what I’ll be, I who don’t know what I am? Be what I think? But I think of being so many things! And there are so many who think of being the same thing that we can’t all be it! Genius? At this moment A hundred thousand brains are dreaming they’re geniuses like me, And it may be that history won’t remember even one, All their imagined conquests amounting to so much dung.

Consciousness and Self-Knowledge Dreams and Imagination Success and Failure

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Fernando Pessoa

1888-06-13 — 1935-11-30 · Lisboa

Fernando Pessoa was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, and philosopher, considered one of the greatest exponents of Portuguese-language literature and one of the most relevant poets of the 20th century. His vast work, marked by the creation of multiple heteronyms with distinct personalities and styles, explores themes such as identity, existential anguish, saudade, and the search for meaning in a constantly changing world. Pessoa left a complex and multifaceted literary legacy, which continues to fascinate and challenge readers and critics.