Quotes from bookThe Hour of the Star
The Hour of the Star is a novel by Clarice Lispector published in 1977, shortly after the author's death. In 1985, the novel was adapted by Suzana Amaral into a film of the same name, which won the Silver Bear for Best Actress in the 36th Berlin International Film Festival of 1986. It has been translated into English twice by New Directions Publishing with Giovanni Pontiero's 1992 translation followed by Benjamin Moser's version in 2011.
“But don't forget, in the meantime, that this is the season for strawberries. Yes.”
Clarice Lispector book The Hour of the Star
Source: The Hour of the Star
“Do not mourn the dead. They know what they are doing.”
Clarice Lispector book The Hour of the Star
Source: The Hour of the Star
“So long as I have questions to which there are no answers, I shall go on writing.”
Clarice Lispector book The Hour of the Star
Variant: I only achieve simplicity with enormous effort. So long as I have questions to which there are no answers, I shall go on writing.
Source: The Hour of the Star (1977), p. 11
“I only achieve simplicity with enormous effort.”
Clarice Lispector book The Hour of the Star
Source: The Hour of the Star
“For one has the right to shout.
So, I am shouting.”
Clarice Lispector book The Hour of the Star
Source: The Hour of the Star
“She believed in angels, and, because she believed, they existed”
Clarice Lispector book The Hour of the Star
Source: The Hour of the Star
