Daydream and Drunkenness of a Young Lady Quotes

“That urge to feel wicked so as to deepen the sweetness into awfulness. And that little wickedness of whoever has a body.”
― Clarice Lispector, Daydream and Drunkenness of a Young Lady

“Through the winding paths, she had fallen into a woman’s fate, with the surprise of fitting into it as if she had invented it.”
― Clarice Lispector, Daydream and Drunkenness of a Young Lady

“She was facing the oyster. And there was no way not to look at it. What was she ashamed of? That it was no longer compassion, it wasn’t just compassion: her heart had filled with the worst desire to live.”
― Clarice Lispector, Daydream and Drunkenness of a Young Lady