The only truth is that I live. Sincerely, I live. Who am I? Well, that's a bit much.
Clarice LispectorThings were somehow so good that they were in danger of becoming very bad because what is fully mature is very close to rotting
Clarice LispectorPutting my hand in someone elseโs has always been my definition of happiness. Before I fall asleep, often - in that small struggle not to lose consciousness and go into the greater world - often, before I get up the courage to go into the vastness of sleep, I pretend that someone has my hand in theirs, and then I go, go to that enormous absence of form that is sleep. And when even after that I donโt have courage, I dream.
Clarice Lispector