An Apprenticeship Quotes

“She herself had to be her own guardian. And she now had a responsibility to be herself. In this world of choices, she seemed to have chosen.”
― Clarice Lispector, An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures

“From Ulisses she'd learned to have the courage to have faith--lots of courage, faith in what? In faith itself, since faith can be a real scare, it can mean falling into the abyss, Lori was afraid of falling into the abyssand was holding on to one of Ulisses's hands while Ulisses's other hand was pushing her into the abyss--soon she'd have to let go of the hand that was weaker than the one pushing her, and fall, life isn't a joke because in the middle of the day youd die.

A human being's most pressing need was to become a human being.”
― Clarice Lispector

“--My mystery is simple: I don't know how to be alive through pain.
--That's right.
--And don't you know how to be alive through pleasure?
--I almost do. That's what I was trying to tell you.”
― Clarice Lispector, Aprendizaje o El libro de los placeres

“She was falling into a sadness without pain. It wasn't bad.”
― Clarice Lispector, An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures