Chelsi

“No, she still wasn’t so worn out that she wanted cowardly to pray instead of discovering pain, suffering it, owning it entirely so she could know all of its mysteries.”
― Clarice Lispector, Near to the Wild Heart

“She slowly saddened with a sadness that was insufficient and thus doubly sad.”
― Clarice Lispector, Near to the Wild Heart

“All yearning is pursuit of pleasure. All remorse, pity, benevolence, is fear of it. All despair and seeking alternative routes are dissatisfaction. There you have it in a nutshell, if you wish. Do you understand?” “Yes.” “Those who deny themselves pleasure, who act like monks, in any sense, it’s because they have an enormous capacity for pleasure, a dangerous capacity—hence even greater fear. Only he who is afraid of shooting everyone keeps his guns under lock and key.”
― Clarice Lispector, Near to the Wild Heart

“I could feel the years of my life passing. So much of my life seemed to be looking forward to something that never came, but now, somehow, it all seemed to be behind me.”
― Mary Jones, The Goodbye Process