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“June 14, 1969

A SOMEWHAT BENEVOLENT SELF-CRITIQUE

I have to be kind because, if I were too cutting, I might never write again. And I want to write, some day anyway. Although I feel that if I do go back to writing, it will be in a different way from my old style: different how? I don't care.

My self-criticism of certain things I write, for example, isn't bothered about whether they're good or bad: but they need to…”

~Clarice Lispector