If the twinkling of the stars pains me, if this distant com… - Clarice Lispector

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If the twinkling of the stars pains me, if this distant communication is possible, it is because something almost like a star quivers within me. (p59)

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Clarice Lispector (born Chaya Pinkhasivna Lispector; December 10, 1920 – December 9, 1977) was a Brazilian writer. Acclaimed internationally for her innovative novels and short stories, she was also a journalist and a translator. A legendary figure in Brazil, renowned for her uncommon and unique writing style, her great personal beauty — the American translator Gregory Rabassa recalled being "flabbergasted to meet that rare person who looked like Marlene Dietrich and wrote like Virginia Woolf," — and her eccentric personality.

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Pen Names: Helen Palmer • Terelu

Alternative Names: Teresa Quadros • Хая Пинхасiвна Лиспектор

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Beyond the ear there is a sound, at the far end of sight a view, at the tips of the fingers an object--that's where I'm going.

what interests me is jotting things down. Putting it all together is a bore.

As for my Saturday-swaying outside the window in acacias and shadows-I preferred, instead of squandering it, to grasp it in my tight fist, where I crumpled it like a handkerchief. ("The Sharing of Loaves")

If the twinkling of the stars pains me, if this distant communication is possible, it is because something almost like a star quivers within me. (p59) - Clarice Lispector

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