A Well and the Sky

 We never know self-realization. We are two abysses - a well staring at the sky.

Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet, Ch. 11

I made the point recently that I finished Pessoa's The Book of Disquiet, and that it's one of the most amazing books I've ever read. In fact, it's so extraordinary that I doing something I've only done a couple of times previously in my decades of reading: I started it over again. I also bought Zenith's thousand-page biography of Pessoa, so, clearly, I'm hooked.  Part of it is my fascination with All Things Portuguese, but it's also a book that you know, as you read it, that it will take you - and continue to take you - to unexplored parts of your mind.