“This little boy playing next to me is an intellectual mass of cells - better yet, he's a clockwork of subatomic movements, a strange electrical conglomeration of millions of solar systems in minature. [58, Zenith trans.]”

Fernando Pessoa

Fernando Pessoa - “This little boy playing next to me is...” 1

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