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And I want to be held down. I don't know what to do with the horrifying freedom that can destroy me.
Clarice Lispector
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Clarice Lispector
Age: 56 †
Born: 1920
Born: December 10
Died: 1977
Died: December 9
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Chechelnik
Helen Palmer
Teresa Quadros
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