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Clarice Lispector 34
Brazilian writer 1920–1977Related quotes

“You will say that I am lost;
That, being enamoured,
I lost myself; and yet was found.”
Spiritual Canticle of The Soul and The Bridegroom
Context: If, then, on the common land
I am no longer seen or found,
You will say that I am lost;
That, being enamoured,
I lost myself; and yet was found. ~ 29

Source: House Calls: How we can all heal the world one visit at a time (1998), p. xi

“I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.”
Source: Travels with Charley: In Search of America

“You get lost out of a desire to be lost. But in the place called lost strange things are found…”
“The things I lose completely are those which, lost by me, are not found by others.”
Mis cosas totalmente perdidas son aquellas que, al perderlas yo, no las encuentran otros.
Voces (1943)

“All is not lost. But neither is it found.”
Source: Soldiers Live (2000), Chapter 133, “Glittering Stone: A Dangerous Game” (p. 741)

“Lost Reputation hard is to be found.”
Fab. LXI: Of Cupid, Death, and Reputation
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)