“The feelings that hurt most, the emotions that sting most, are those that are absurd: the longing for impossible things, precisely because they are impossible, nostalgia for what never was, the desire for what could have been, regret over not being someone else, dissatisfaction with the world's existence. All these half-tones of the soul’s consciousness create in us a painful landscape, an eternal sunset of what we are.”
— Fernando Pessoa
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When we feel the most pain, it's often because we want things we can never have, remember things that never happened, wish for things that could have happened but didn't, and regret not being someone else. This creates a sad feeling inside us, like an endless sunset that reminds us of what we are.
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Dissatisfaction Emotional pain Impossible dreams Longing Nostalgia Philosophical reflection Regret Unfulfilled desires WistfulnessFEATURED QUOTES
