Fernando Pessoa: We’ve been devastated by the severest and deadliest drought in history – that of our profound awareness of the futility

We’ve been devastated by the severest and deadliest drought in history – that of — Fernando Pessoa

We’ve been devastated by the severest and deadliest drought in history – that of our profound awareness of the futility of all effort and the vanity of all plans.

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