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"She did not think about God, nor did God think about her. God belongs to those who succeed in pinning Him down. God appears in a moment of distraction. She asked no questions. She divined that there were no answers." - Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star |
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"What to make of this story? That, too, I don't know, I'm giving it as a present to whoever wants it, because I'm sick of it. And how! Sometimes people make me sick. Then it passes, and I become all curious and observant once again. That's all." - Clarice Lispector, Soulstorm, A Complicated Case |
Clarice Lispector
"For what purpose those long nails? To claw you to death and pluck out the fatal thorns, the wolf-man replies. For what purpose that cruel, hungry mouth? To bite you, the blow on the wound so that is will no longer hurt you, my love, for I must hurt you. I am the inevitable wolf and for this reason I was given life. For what purpose those burning grasping claw? So that we may grasp others, for our need is so great, so great, so great." - Clarice Lispector, Foreign Legion, The Misfortunes of Sofia "Free me, quickly steal the jennet while there is time, before it is too late, while there is still day without darkness, if indeed there still is time, for in stealing the jennet I had to kill the King, and killing him I stole the King's death. And the orgiastic joy of our murder consumes me in terrible pleasure. Quickly steal the King's perilous horse, steal him, steal me, before night falls and calls for me."- Clarice Lispector, Soulstorm, Dry Point of Horses "The question, constantly raised - because there is no life without somebody to live it - is: Who lives? Who lives there? Themes relate to life: there is there constant inscription of birth in innumerable ways. It is a process that recurs from circle to circle, often dealing with the birth of the subject itself, the birth of moments of subject." - Helene Cixous, Reading with Clarice Lispector, Agua Viva |