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A tribute to Clarice (Posted on 2005-09-08)

Clarice Lispector, renowned brazilian writer and poetress, with simple phrases wrote a little masterpiece. The phrases (a version into English) she used are shown below, but not in order. Once you realized the proper order you´ll find out the beauty of what she wrote because, if you read it downwards, it´s the end of a love affair, and if you read it upwards, it´s a confession of a great passion. Can you just rearrange the phrases below to achieve this? You can´t add anything and the punctuations already made belong to the phrases where they are. All the initials I capitalized deliberately to make it not too easy, but in the original only those who start a phrase are capitalized.

           I still want you, as I always did.
           I`m sure that
           I feel inside that
           I already forgot you!
           I`ll be lying if I say that
           And I´ll never use again the phrase
           Nothing was in vain.
           Sorry, but I must tell you the truth:
           You don´t mean anything to me.
           I love you!
           I couldn´t ever say that
           It´s too late...
           I don´t love you anymore.
           I preserve a great love.
           I feel more and more that

Submitted by pcbouhid

Rating: 4.1818 (11 votes)

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I don´t love you anymore. I`ll be lying if I say that I still want you, as I always did. I`m sure that nothing was in vain. I feel inside that you don´t mean anything to me. I couldn´t ever say that I preserve a great love. I feel more and more that I already forgot you! And I´ll never use again the phrase I love you! Sorry, but I must tell you the truth: It´s too late...

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Thoughts	K Sengupta	2024-06-03 13:02:25
re: a beautiful puzzle	pcbouhid	2005-09-17 02:35:48
a beautiful puzzle	Goldwing	2005-09-17 01:11:15
To Bob	pcbouhid	2005-09-16 13:55:51
To all, specially to Tristan	pcbouhid	2005-09-15 14:23:21
No Subject	Amber	2005-09-15 03:19:33
Question...	Amber	2005-09-15 03:17:43
hint	Percy	2005-09-15 01:36:08
re: Solution	Percy	2005-09-15 01:32:43
Solution	Tristan	2005-09-14 23:42:45
re: What a great puzzle	pcbouhid	2005-09-14 18:22:59
What a great puzzle	Bob Smith	2005-09-14 17:47:55
re: hint?	pcbouhid	2005-09-13 13:17:21
hint?	Tristan	2005-09-13 05:36:04
re(2): crappy solution	Ken Drinkwater	2005-09-12 15:03:46
re: crappy solution	pcbouhid	2005-09-12 12:19:40
crappy solution	Ken Drinkwater	2005-09-12 11:34:58
re: An approach	pcbouhid	2005-09-10 19:12:35
An approach	Tristan	2005-09-09 22:51:46
re: Hmmm	pcbouhid	2005-09-09 14:14:16
well...	Jonathan	2005-09-09 13:58:47
Hmmm	Percy	2005-09-09 13:36:40

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