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“A little girl's fantasies are one thing, and literature is another; just as numbers require rules to give them human meaning, words, too, demand a form to turn them into literature.”

Book:Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector

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Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector

Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector delves into the life of Clarice Lispector, examining her influential role in Brazilian literature. The biography covers her early life, her development as a writer, and the impact of her work on contemporary literature. It provides insights into Lispector's complex characters and philosophical themes, offering readers a deeper understanding of her writing. more

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Benjamin Moser

Benjamin Moser is a German writer and translator, known for his translations of French literature and philosophy. Born on September 14, 1976, he graduated from the University of Heidelberg with a major in comparative literature. more

“Above all, it is choice. Pater is at all points an eclectic. Several times he insists upon the necessity of separating what is touched with ' intense and individual power' in a man's work from what has ' almost no character at all.' In art, in life, the best of whatever kind will delight him. He loves the spectacle of 'brilliant sins and exquisite amusements.' The strong, the magnificent, the saintly, the beautiful, the cruel, the versatile, the intense, the gay, the brilliant, the weary, the sad-coloured, everything but the dull, delights him. From religion, philosophy, poetry, art, Nature, human life, he summons what is rich and strange. He delivers it in choicest language because it has to be worthy of his own choicest moments of enjoyment. For here also he is an eclectic, ignoring the ordinary, the dull, the trite.”

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Book:Walter Pater

Source: Walter Pater

“Form in poetry is the deepest and greatest colonialclassist invention - it is not a barrier to entry - it is an invalidation of human expression”

Form Poetry Colonialism Classism

Author:Chauncey Alan Lewis

“Hike as much as you can. Mountains may differ in their form and structure, but they have a common effect; they leave us feeling different.”

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Book:Coming to Grips with the Mountains and Valleys of This World

Source: Coming to Grips with the Mountains and Valleys of This World

“Die Ordnung eines freien Marktes ist kein „-ismus”, keine Doktrin oder dogmatische Utopie. Eine Marktwirtschaft ergibt sich immer und überall spontan, wo Menschen ohne Zwang [...] ihren Bedürfnissen nach Existenzerhaltung und -gestaltung nachkommen dürfen.”