
“Escrevemos porque não queremos morrer. É esta a razão profunda do acto de escrever.”
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Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depth of your heart; confess to yourself you would have to die if you were forbidden to write.
Letter One (17 February 1903)
Letters to a Young Poet (1934)
Contexto: No one can advise or help you — no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depths of your heart; confess to yourself whether you would have to die if you were forbidden to write.
“Escrevemos porque não queremos morrer. É esta a razão profunda do acto de escrever.”
“Às vezes escrever uma só linha basta para salvar o próprio coração.”