"Porque é tamanha bem-aventurança o dar-vos quanto tenho e quanto posso, quanto mais vos pago, mais vos devo."
— Luís de Camões

January 1, 1970

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Since it gives me so much bliss to give you everything I can The more I pay you, the more I owe. — Quoted by Elizabeth Bishop in the dedication of Questions of Travel (1965) to Lota de Macedo Soares, her Brazilian lover.