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The Stream of Life
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There is much I cannot tell you. I am not going to be autobiographical. I want to be “bio.” I write with the flow of the words. Before the appearance of the mirror, the person didn’t know his own face…

Contributor:

Clarice Lispector

Places:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Date:

1973

Subjects:

Life cycle, Language and linguistics, Philosophy, Emancipation, Birth

Categories:

Literature, Fiction
Epitaph from the Tombstone of Rebecca Henriquez da Costa
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On the day of my abundant joy illness suddenly overcame me Birth pangs and rupture overwhelmed me I gave birth and died, like a blossom I turned away And the fruit of my womb was brought with me to…

Contributor:

Rebecca Henriquez da Costa

Places:

Cassipora, Dutch Colonial Empire (Cassipora, Suriname)

Date:

1771

Subjects:

Life cycle, Death, Birth, Mourning, Tombs

Categories:

History, Inscriptions