--- title: "7 Clarice Lispector Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Clarice Lispector quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Clarice Lispector sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/409/h-l-ne-cixous-3823_love_those-i-love-go-in-the-direction-of-what_221331.jpg" --- > [“Those I love go in the direction of what they call the last hour—what Clarice Lispector calls, “the hour of the star,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-ne-cixous/those-i-love-go-in-the-direction-of-what-they-call-the-last-hour-what/) [Hélène Cixous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-ne-cixous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/409/h-l-ne-cixous-3823_love_those-i-love-go-in-the-direction-of-what_221331.jpg) > [Once I looked into it, I was taken aback to learn that pretty much nothing by João Gilberto Noll was available in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-morris/once-i-looked-into-it-i-was-taken-aback-to-learn-that-pretty-much/) [Adam Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec5/adam-morris-29730_adore_once-i-looked-into-it-i-was-taken-aback_258380.jpg) > [Like her friend and admirer Clarice Lispector, Hilda Hilst was a passionate explorer of the sacred and the profane, the pure and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-moser/like-her-friend-and-admirer-clarice-lispector-hilda-hilst-was-a/) [Benjamin Moser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-moser/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f0/benjamin-moser-49943_admirer_like-her-friend-and-admirer-clarice-lisp_1580031.png) > [I always read the Latin American writers. I love so many of them: Gabriel García Márquez, José Donoso, Alejo Carpentier, Jorge Luis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porochista-khakpour/i-always-read-the-latin-american-writers-i-love-so-many-of-them/) [Porochista Khakpour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porochista-khakpour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2d/porochista-khakpour-20047_american-writer_i-always-read-the-latin-american-writers_2114956.jpg) > [“When asked if he had a special feeling for books, critic-turned-filmmaker Francois Truffaut answered, "No. I love them and films equally, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-krasilovsky/when-asked-if-he-had-a-special-feeling-for-books-critic-turned/) [Alexis Krasilovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-krasilovsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7f/alexis-krasilovsky-217685_books_when-asked-if-he-had-a-special-feeling-f_2276620.jpg) > [I would ask the people who were generous toward my own work. After class one day a poetry professor said to me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-agata/i-would-ask-the-people-who-were-generous-toward-my-own-work-after/) [John D'Agata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-d-agata/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc4/john-d-agata-13689_asks_i-would-ask-the-people-who-were-generous_2410785.jpg) > [“I remember the book I was reading. Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector. I remember because there were so many things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-baume/i-remember-the-book-i-was-reading-hour-of-the-star-by-clarice/) [Sara Baume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-baume/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/sara-baume-9481_a-line-made-by-walki_i-remember-the-book-i-was-reading-hour-o_3044067.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clarice-lispector/#itemlist", "name": "Clarice Lispector Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Those I love go in the direction of what they call the last hour—what Clarice Lispector calls, “the hour of the star,” “the hour of relinquishing all the lies that have helped us live. Writing or saying the truth is equivalent to death, since we cannot tell the truth. It is forbidden because it hurts everyone. 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I was confident that I could find an editor and the readership for a translation: Noll is highly respected in Brazil, and at the same time divisive, somewhat like Hilda Hilst. Neither of them enjoys the universal acclaim you might associate with Clarice Lispector, whom everyone adores, myself included. 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The translation is excellent - what a rare relief.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Benjamin Moser" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-moser/like-her-friend-and-admirer-clarice-lispector-hilda-hilst-was-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f0/benjamin-moser-49943_admirer_like-her-friend-and-admirer-clarice-lisp_1580031.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f0/benjamin-moser-49943_admirer_like-her-friend-and-admirer-clarice-lisp_1580031.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f0/benjamin-moser-49943_admirer_like-her-friend-and-admirer-clarice-lisp_1580031.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Like her friend and admirer Clarice Lispector, Hilda Hilst was a passionate explorer of the sacred and the…” — Benjamin Moser", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I always read the Latin American writers. I love so many of them: Gabriel García Márquez, José Donoso, Alejo Carpentier, Jorge Luis Borges, Clarice Lispector. I also love a lot of American experimental writers and surrealist European writers. But perhaps The Persian Book of Kings was the greatest influence - I encourage people to look at it. 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My book lights candles for m any of the great authors of this world: Chinua Achebe (Nigeria), Angela Carter (UK), Saratchandra Chattopadhyay (India), Janet Frame (New Zealand), Yu Hua (China), Stieg Larsson (Sweden), Clarice Lispector (Brazil), Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru), Naguib Mifouz (Egypt), Murasaki Shikibu (Japan), and Alice Walker (USA) - to name but a few. Furthermore, graphic novels, manga, musicals, television, webisodes and even amusement park rides like 'Pirates of the Caribbean' can inspire work in adaptation. Let's be open to learning from them all. 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After class one day a poetry professor said to me, \"Hey, there's this guy Basho you would find interesting,\" and so I found Basho. A fiction teacher told me, \"You ought to read Clarice Lispector if you're interested in that sort of in-between stuff,\" and then Lispector appeared. It's not magic. 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