C12 Chapter Twelve: After Lights Off
She had heard the story of the Roman emperor who made a grammatical mistake in his speech. After it was pointed out by a man, he said to this person, "I am the King of Rome, and above grammar." Fernando Pessoa thus said, "Anyone who knows how to say what he really wants to say, in his own peculiar way, is a Roman king. This is not a bad title, and it is the only way to realize 'Being Yourself'