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Clarice Lispector was a renowned Brazilian writer, born on December 10, 1920, to a Ukrainian immigrant family, and passed away on December 9, 1977. Her works are known for their unique narrative style and profound philosophical insights, and she is considered one of the greatest Brazilian writers of the 20th century.

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“Life is so continuous that we divide it into stages, and we call one of them death. I had always been in life, and it matters little that it wasn't I properly speaking, not what I'd usually call I. I was always in life.”

Life Death Existence Life And Living Self Realization Existential

Book:The Passion According to G.H.

Source: The Passion According to G.H.

“Para Sartre a existência precede a essência, no sentido de que existir precede isso que nós somos; e que somos o que nós mesmos escolhemos ser.”

Existence Essence Choice Existentialism Being Sartre Existentialism

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“The future, at least, had the advantage of not being the present, and the worse can always take a turn for the better... For, strange though it may seem, she had faith. Composed of fine organic matter, she existed. Pure and simple.”

Life Hope Existence Future

Book:The Hour of the Star

Source: The Hour of the Star

“As long as I have questions and no answers I’ll keep on writing. How do you start at the beginning, if things happen before they happen? If before the pre-prehistory there were already the apocalyptic monsters? If this story doesn’t exist now, it will. Thinking is an act. Feeling is a fact. Put the two together—I am the one writing what I am writing. God is the world. Truth is always an interior and inexplicable contact. My truest life is unrecognizable, extremely interior and there is not a single word that defines it. My heart has emptied itself of every desire and been reduced to its own final or primary beat.”

Philosophy Spirituality Existence Consciousness Identity Existentialism Introspection Metaphysical Inner Life

Book:The Hour of the Star

Source: The Hour of the Star

“There it is, the sea, the most incomprehensible of non-human existences.”

Humans Existence Sea Human Existence

Book:Soulstorm: Stories

Source: Soulstorm: Stories

About the Author

Born: December 10, 1920
Died: December 9, 1977
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 185

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