Clarice Lispector, from ‘The Man Who Appeared’, Soulstorm: Stories (trans. Alexis Levitin)[Text ID: 

Clarice Lispector, from ‘The Man Who Appeared’, Soulstorm: Stories (trans. Alexis Levitin)[Text ID: “ ‘You? The only thing that matters to you is literature.’‘Well you’re wrong. My children, family, friends, they come first.’He looked at me suspiciously, askance. And asked:‘Do you swear that literature doesn’t matter?’‘I swear it,’ I answered with the assurance that comes from a sense of inner truth. And I added: ‘Any cat, any dog, is worth more than literature.’ “] -- source link

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