A review by sarahgamal666
A Breath of Life: Pulsations, by Clarice Lispector
5.0
"At first I couldn’t associate me with myself. Where am I? I wondered. And the one who answered was a stranger who told me coldly and categorically: you are yourself"
"I take refuge in madness because the boring middle ground of the state of ordinary things is no longer left for me. I want to see new things — and I’ll only manage to do that if I lose my fear of madness"
this book is exactly like taking a walk because you can't stand to wonder about everything in your isolated room and you need to find some answers anywhere or else madness will envelop you.
i am absolutely in love with Clarice's works and how moving yet comforting her words are. once you enter into one of her books you're fully immersed. the world around you looks differently and relief grasps you. I really cannot exactly explain her work but my goal is someday to be able to describe it
this will definitely be a reread in the future cause this is a book every soul needs especially in times of existential or identity crisis
"I take refuge in madness because the boring middle ground of the state of ordinary things is no longer left for me. I want to see new things — and I’ll only manage to do that if I lose my fear of madness"
this book is exactly like taking a walk because you can't stand to wonder about everything in your isolated room and you need to find some answers anywhere or else madness will envelop you.
i am absolutely in love with Clarice's works and how moving yet comforting her words are. once you enter into one of her books you're fully immersed. the world around you looks differently and relief grasps you. I really cannot exactly explain her work but my goal is someday to be able to describe it
this will definitely be a reread in the future cause this is a book every soul needs especially in times of existential or identity crisis