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J M Coetzee Quotes

In becoming a citizen, one undertakes certain duties and responsibilities. One of the more intangible of those duties and responsibilities is no matter what one’s birth and background, to accept the historical past of the new country as one’s own Picture Quote #1

Unbelief is a belief Picture Quote #1

The barbarians come out at night Picture Quote #1

Reason is simply a vast tautology Picture Quote #1

Nothing is worse than what we can imagine Picture Quote #1

Long visits don’t make for good friends Picture Quote #1

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I am not the we of anyone Picture Quote #1

Unimaginable perhaps; but the unimaginable is there to be imagined Picture Quote #1

Pain is truth; all else is subject to doubt Picture Quote #1

When all else fails, philosophize Picture Quote #1

I tend to resist invitations to interpret my own fiction Picture Quote #1

A book should be an axe to chop open the frozen sea inside us Picture Quote #1

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Was it serious? I don't know. It certainly had serious consequences Picture Quote #1

And anyway, I suspect he secretly liked it when a woman was cold and distant Picture Quote #1

I don't think we are ready to die, any of us, not without being escorted Picture Quote #1

Our lies reveal as much about us as our truths Picture Quote #1

There seemed nothing to do but live Picture Quote #1

We are not by nature cruel Picture Quote #1

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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

In order to be cruel we have to close our hearts to the suffering of the other Picture Quote #1

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In becoming a citizen, one undertakes certain duties and responsibilities. One of the more intangible of those duties and responsibilities is no matter what one’s birth and background, to accept the historical past of the new country as one’s own (J M Coetzee Quotes) Unbelief is a belief (J M Coetzee Quotes) The barbarians come out at night (J M Coetzee Quotes) Reason is simply a vast tautology (J M Coetzee Quotes) Nothing is worse than what we can imagine (J M Coetzee Quotes) Long visits don’t make for good friends (J M Coetzee Quotes) I am not the we of anyone (J M Coetzee Quotes) Unimaginable perhaps; but the unimaginable is there to be imagined (J M Coetzee Quotes) Pain is truth; all else is subject to doubt (J M Coetzee Quotes) When all else fails, philosophize (J M Coetzee Quotes) I tend to resist invitations to interpret my own fiction (J M Coetzee Quotes) A book should be an axe to chop open the frozen sea inside us (J M Coetzee Quotes) Was it serious? I don't know. It certainly had serious consequences (J M Coetzee Quotes) And anyway, I suspect he secretly liked it when a woman was cold and distant (J M Coetzee Quotes) I don't think we are ready to die, any of us, not without being escorted (J M Coetzee Quotes) Our lies reveal as much about us as our truths (J M Coetzee Quotes) There seemed nothing to do but live (J M Coetzee Quotes) We are not by nature cruel (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) In order to be cruel we have to close our hearts to the suffering of the other (J M Coetzee Quotes)