Clarice Lispector Quotes

7 quotes from 7 authors

Ever notice how a single line can echo a writer’s soul? Clarice Lispector still does that, and these seven quotes from different authors capture the lingering magic of her prose. If you’re drawn here, you may also like pages on Latin American literature, magical realism, or existential writing.

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“Those I love go in the direction of what they call the last hour—what Clarice Lispector calls, “the hour of the star,”…

Hélène Cixous

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Once I looked into it, I was taken aback to learn that pretty much nothing by João Gilberto Noll was available in…

Adam Morris

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Like her friend and admirer Clarice Lispector, Hilda Hilst was a passionate explorer of the sacred and the profane, the pure and…

Benjamin Moser

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I always read the Latin American writers. I love so many of them: Gabriel García Márquez, José Donoso, Alejo Carpentier, Jorge Luis…

Porochista Khakpour

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“When asked if he had a special feeling for books, critic-turned-filmmaker Francois Truffaut answered, "No. I love them and films equally, but…

Alexis Krasilovsky

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I would ask the people who were generous toward my own work. After class one day a poetry professor said to me,…

John D'Agata

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“I remember the book I was reading. Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector. I remember because there were so many things…

Sara Baume

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