Near to the Wild Heart

by Clarice Lispector
Brazil
10 Dec 1920 // 9 Dec 1977
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The only truth is that I live. Sincerely, I live. Who am I? Well, that's a bit much.

Near to the Wild Heart
Even great men are only truly recognized and honored once they are dead. Why? Because those who praise them need to feel themselves somehow superior to the person praised, they need to feel they are making some concession.

Near to the Wild Heart
How was she to tie herself to a man without permitting him to imprison her? And was there some means of acquiring things without those things possessing her?

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Clarice Lispector

 

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