Clarice Lispector - The Hour of the Star (1977)

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Things were somehow so good that they were in danger of becoming very bad because what is fully mature is very close to rotting

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No it is not easy to write. It is as hard as breaking rocks. Sparks and splinters fly like shattered steel.

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

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Who has not asked himself at some time or other: am I a monster or is this what it means to be a person?

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

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Everything in the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born.

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