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Clarice Lispector Quotes: but the crime is more important than the punishment. I enliven all of me in my happy instinct for destruction.
         

but the crime is more important than the punishment. I enliven all of me in my happy instinct for destruction.


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This page presents the quote "but the crime is more important than the punishment. I enliven all of me in my happy instinct for destruction.". Author of this quote is Clarice Lispector. This quote is about death, freudian, crime, pscyhoanalysis, instinct, punishment, happiness, destruction,.