Quotes by : Clarice Lispector

Where does music go when it’s not playing?—she asked herself. And disarmed she would answer: May....

Who hasn't asked himself, am I a monster or is this what it means to be human?

I have grown weary of literature: silence alone comforts me. If I continue to write, it’s because I....

There were two ways of looking at it: imagining that it was far away and big, in the first place; in....

And one of the things I learned is that one should live in spite of. Although, one should eat. Although,....

But she didn’t want to rest! – Her blood ran through her more slowly, its pace domesticated, like....

I am blinded. I open my eyes wide and only see. But the secret - that I neither see nor feel. Could I....

Sometimes writing a single line is enough to save your own heart.

I am finding myself: it's deadly because only death concludes me. But I bear it until the end. I'll tell....

When I surprise myself at the mirror I am not frightened because I think I am ugly or beautiful. It is....