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I'm astounded whenever i finish something. astounded and distressed. my perfectionist instinct should inhibit me from finishing; it should inhibit me from even beginning. but i get distracted and start doing something. what i achieve is not the product of an act of my will but of my will's surrender. i begin because i don't have the strength to think; i finish because i don't have the courage to quit. this book is my cowardice.
-Fernando Pessoa
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I'm Astounded Whenever I Finish Something. Astounded

Fernando Pessoa
I'm astounded whenever i finish something. astounded and distressed. my perfectionist instinct should inhibit me from finishing; it should inhibit me from even beginning. but i get distracted and start doing something. what i achieve is not the product of an act of my will but of my will's surrender. i begin because i don't have the strength to think; i finish because i don't have the courage to quit. this book is my cowardice.
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