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“Danger is what makes life precious. Death is the constant danger of life.”
― Clarice Lispector, A Breath of Life

“I've never been free in my whole life. Inside I've always chased myself. I've become intolerable to myself. I live in a lacerating duality. I'm seemingly free, but I'm a prisoner inside of me.”
― Clarice Lispector, A Breath of Life

“Reading is like thinking, like praying, like talking to a friend, like expressing your ideas, like listening to other people's ideas, like listening to music, like looking at the view, like taking a walk on the beach.”
― Roberto Bolaño, 2666

“Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet