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J M Coetzee Quotes

From one seed a whole handful: that was what it meant to say the bounty of the earth Picture Quote #1

Sleep is no longer a healing bath, a recuperation of vital forces, but an oblivion, a nightly brush with annihilation Picture Quote #1

For himself, then. For his idea of the world, a world in which men do not use shovels to beat corpses into a more convenient shape for processing Picture Quote #1

I speak to the broken halves of all our selves and tell them to embrace, loving the worst in us equally with the best Picture Quote #1

You are going to end up as one of those sad old men who poke around in rubbish bins.” “I'm going to end up in a hole in the ground... And so are you. So are we all Picture Quote #1

If we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution Picture Quote #1

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Where civilization entailed the corruption of barbarian virtues and the creation of dependent people, I decided, I was opposed to civilization Picture Quote #1

We must cultivate, all of us, a certain ignorance, a certain blindness, or society will not be tolerable Picture Quote #1

Perhaps; but I am a difficult person to live with. My difficulty consists in not wanting to live with other people Picture Quote #1

Because a women's beauty does not belong to her alone. It is a part of the bounty she brings into the world. She has a duty to share it Picture Quote #1

One day some as yet unborn scholar will recognize in the clock the machine that has tamed the wilds Picture Quote #1

Once I lived in time as a fish in water, breathing it, drinking it, sustained by it. Now I kill time and time kills me Picture Quote #1

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Pleasure is hard to come by, but pain is everywhere these days, I must learn to subsist on it Picture Quote #1

I said to myself, 'If you don't sit down to it today, when will you ever sit down to it?' Picture Quote #1

The devil is everywhere under the skin of things, searching for a way into the light Picture Quote #1

Strictly speaking, my interest is not in legal rights for animals but in a change of heart towards animals Picture Quote #1

But truth is not spoken in anger. Truth is spoken, if it ever comes to be spoken, in love Picture Quote #1

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From one seed a whole handful: that was what it meant to say the bounty of the earth (J M Coetzee Quotes) Sleep is no longer a healing bath, a recuperation of vital forces, but an oblivion, a nightly brush with annihilation (J M Coetzee Quotes) For himself, then. For his idea of the world, a world in which men do not use shovels to beat corpses into a more convenient shape for processing (J M Coetzee Quotes) I speak to the broken halves of all our selves and tell them to embrace, loving the worst in us equally with the best (J M Coetzee Quotes) You are going to end up as one of those sad old men who poke around in rubbish bins.” “I'm going to end up in a hole in the ground... And so are you. So are we all (J M Coetzee Quotes) If we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution (J M Coetzee Quotes) Where civilization entailed the corruption of barbarian virtues and the creation of dependent people, I decided, I was opposed to civilization (J M Coetzee Quotes) We must cultivate, all of us, a certain ignorance, a certain blindness, or society will not be tolerable (J M Coetzee Quotes) Perhaps; but I am a difficult person to live with. My difficulty consists in not wanting to live with other people (J M Coetzee Quotes) Because a women's beauty does not belong to her alone. It is a part of the bounty she brings into the world. She has a duty to share it (J M Coetzee Quotes) One day some as yet unborn scholar will recognize in the clock the machine that has tamed the wilds (J M Coetzee Quotes) Once I lived in time as a fish in water, breathing it, drinking it, sustained by it. Now I kill time and time kills me (J M Coetzee Quotes) Pleasure is hard to come by, but pain is everywhere these days, I must learn to subsist on it (J M Coetzee Quotes) I said to myself, 'If you don't sit down to it today, when will you ever sit down to it?' (J M Coetzee Quotes) The devil is everywhere under the skin of things, searching for a way into the light (J M Coetzee Quotes) Strictly speaking, my interest is not in legal rights for animals but in a change of heart towards animals (J M Coetzee Quotes) But truth is not spoken in anger. Truth is spoken, if it ever comes to be spoken, in love (J M Coetzee Quotes)

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