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> [“It is not for us that the cow’s milk flows, but we drink it. The flower was not made for us to look at it or for us to smell its fragrance, and we look at it and smell it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarice-lispector/it-is-not-for-us-that-the-cow-s-milk-flows-but-we-drink-it-the-flower/)

[Clarice Lispector](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarice-lispector/)

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## More by Clarice Lispector

> [“I find it hard to believe that I shall die. Because I'm bubbling in cold freshness. My life will be very long because each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarice-lispector/i-find-it-hard-to-believe-that-i-shall-die-because-i-m-bubbling-in/)

[Clarice Lispector](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarice-lispector/)

> [“We shall be inhuman - as humankind's greatest conquest. To be is to be beyond the human. To be a human being doesn't do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarice-lispector/we-shall-be-inhuman-as-humankind-s-greatest-conquest-to-be-is-to-be/)

[Clarice Lispector](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarice-lispector/)

> [The only truth is that I live. Sincerely, I live. Who am I? Well, that's a bit much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarice-lispector/the-only-truth-is-that-i-live-sincerely-i-live-who-am-i-well-that-s-a/)

[Clarice Lispector](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarice-lispector/)

> [Brazil is where I have to be, where I have my roots.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarice-lispector/brazil-is-where-i-have-to-be-where-i-have-my-roots/)

[Clarice Lispector](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarice-lispector/)

> [“her short stories read like perfect songs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarice-lispector/her-short-stories-read-like-perfect-songs/)

[Clarice Lispector](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarice-lispector/)

> [“Between two musical notes there exists another note, between two facts there exists another fact, between two grains of sand, no matter how close…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarice-lispector/between-two-musical-notes-there-exists-another-note-between-two-facts/)

[Clarice Lispector](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarice-lispector/)

> [I' is merely one of the world's instantaneous spasms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarice-lispector/i-is-merely-one-of-the-world-s-instantaneous-spasms/)

[Clarice Lispector](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarice-lispector/)

> [“It isn't for us that cows' milk comes forth, but we drink it. Flowers weren't made for us to look at or for us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarice-lispector/it-isn-t-for-us-that-cows-milk-comes-forth-but-we-drink-it-flowers/)

[Clarice Lispector](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarice-lispector/)

> [To think is an act. To feel is a fact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarice-lispector/to-think-is-an-act-to-feel-is-a-fact/)

[Clarice Lispector](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarice-lispector/)

> [Love is now, is always. All that is missing is the coup de grâce- which is called passion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarice-lispector/love-is-now-is-always-all-that-is-missing-is-the-coup-de-gr-ce-which/)

[Clarice Lispector](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarice-lispector/)

> [What I want is to live of that initial and primordial something that was what made some things reach the point of aspiring to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarice-lispector/what-i-want-is-to-live-of-that-initial-and-primordial-something-that/)

[Clarice Lispector](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarice-lispector/)

> [“I see that the wardrobe looks penetrable because it has a door. But when I open it, I see that penetration has been put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarice-lispector/i-see-that-the-wardrobe-looks-penetrable-because-it-has-a-door-but/)

[Clarice Lispector](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarice-lispector/)

> [“I knew that cockroaches could go more than a month without food or water. And they could even survive on wood for food. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarice-lispector/i-knew-that-cockroaches-could-go-more-than-a-month-without-food-or/)

[Clarice Lispector](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarice-lispector/)

> [“Beatitude starts in the moment when the act of thinking has freed itself from the necessity of form. Beatitude starts at the moment when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarice-lispector/beatitude-starts-in-the-moment-when-the-act-of-thinking-has-freed/)

[Clarice Lispector](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarice-lispector/)

> [“Beyond thought I reach a state. I refuse to divide it up into words - and what I cannot and do not want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarice-lispector/beyond-thought-i-reach-a-state-i-refuse-to-divide-it-up-into-words/)

[Clarice Lispector](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarice-lispector/)

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