(?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)
Clarice Lispector

“Something broke in me and left me with a nerve split in two. In the beginning the extremities linked to the cut hurt me so badly that I paled in pain and perplexity. However the split places gradually scarred over. Until coldly, I no longer hurt. I changed, without planning to. I used to look at you from my inside outward and from the inside of you, which because of love, I could guess. After the scarring I started to look at you from the outside in. And also to see myself from the outside in: I had transformed myself into a heap of facts and actions whose only root was in the domain of logic. At first I couldn't associate me with myself. Where am I? I wondered. And the one who answered was a stranger who told me coldly and categorically: you are yourself.”

Clarice Lispector, A Breath of Life
Read more quotes from Clarice Lispector


Share this quote:
Share on Twitter

Friends Who Liked This Quote

To see what your friends thought of this quote, please sign up!

45 likes
All Members Who Liked This Quote



This Quote Is From

A Breath of Life A Breath of Life by Clarice Lispector
4,955 ratings, average rating, 920 reviews
Open Preview

Browse By Tag