The Passion According to G.H. (New Directions Books)
How can I explain it to you: suddenly the whole world that was me shriveled up in fatigue, I could no longer bear on my shoulders
Clarice Lispector • The Passion According to G.H. (New Directions Books)
No. I immediately figure that the hardest thing my vanity will have to face is the judgment of myself:
Clarice Lispector • The Passion According to G.H. (New Directions Books)
Everything here is the elegant, ironic, and witty replica of a life that never existed anywhere: my house is a merely artistic creation. Everything here actually refers to a life that wouldn’t suit me if it were real.
Clarice Lispector • The Passion According to G.H. (New Directions Books)
an inexistent life possessed me entirely and kept me busy like an invention.
Clarice Lispector • The Passion According to G.H. (New Directions Books)
Was the promise enough for me? A promise was enough for me.
Clarice Lispector • The Passion According to G.H. (New Directions Books)
I was the image of what I was not,