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“I'd been mistaken when I'd thought of them as victims. They'd stayed behind precisely to avoid such a fate. When I think of those ten days in the life of that city, I think of the moment when a man who'd been lynched, almost killed, found the strength to open his eyes. The moment when, spitting out fragments of teeth along with a mouthful of blood, he held his failing eyes open with his fingers so he could look his attacker straight in the face. The moment when he appeared to remember that he has a face and a voice, to recollect his own dignity, which seemed the memory of a previous life.”
― Han Kang, Human Acts

“To know a man properly, you must know the shape of his hurt - the specific wound around which his person has been formed like a scab.”
― Kei Miller, Augustown

“I find it hard to believe that I shall die. Because I'm bubbling in cold freshness. My life will be very long because each instant is.”
― Clarice Lispector, Água Viva

“This is life seen by life. I may not have meaning but it is the same lack of meaning that the pulsing vein has.”
― Clarice Lispector, Água Viva