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Clarice Lispector
“I write because I have nothing better to do in this world: I am superfluous and last in the world of men. I write because I am desperate and weary. I can no longer bear the routine of my existence and, were it not for the constant novelty of writing, I should die symbolically each day.”
Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

Ivan Turgenev
“belong to oneself—the whole savour of life lies in that,”
Ivan Turgenev, First Love

Ignazio Silone
“Awareness has infinite gradations, like light.”
Ignazio Silone, Bread and Wine

Raymond Carver
“Today, my heart, like the front door, stands open for the first time in months.”
Raymond Carver, All of Us: The Collected Poems

John Donne
“The day breaks not: it is my heart.”
John Donne, The Complete English Poems

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