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“Was that, then, the way we do things? "Not knowing"— was that the way the most profound things happened?… Was the secret of never escaping from the greater life the secret of living like a sleepwalker?”

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Clarice Lispector

The Passion According to G.H. (1964), p. 159

“Whether she won or lost, she would continue to wrestle with life. It would not be with her own life alone but with all of life. Something had finally been released within her. And there it was, the sea.”

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Clarice Lispector

An Apprenticeship, or The Book of Delights (1968)

“At first she dreamed of sheep, of going to school, of cats drinking milk. Little by little she dreamed of blue sheep, of going to school in the middle of the woods, of cats drinking milk from golden saucers. And her dreams became increasingly dense and acquired colours that were difficult to dilute into words.”

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Clarice Lispector buch Near to the Wild Heart

Near to the Wild Heart (1943), p. 43

“My life, the most truthful one, is unrecognizable, extremely interior, and there is no single word that gives it meaning.”

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Clarice Lispector buch The Hour of the Star

The Hour of the Star (1977)