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J M Coetzee Quotes

As you see, I do not treat the creation of fiction, that to say the invention and development of fantasies, as a form of abstract thought. I don’t wish to deny the uses of the intellect, but sometimes one has the intuition that the intellect by itself will lead one nowhere Picture Quote #1

The highest type of intelligence, says Aristotle, manifests itself in an ability to see connections where no one has seen them before, that is, to think analogically Picture Quote #1

Temperament is fixed, set. The skull, followed by the temperament: the two hardest parts of the body. Follow your temperament. It is not a philosophy, It is a rule, like the Rule of St Benedict Picture Quote #1

No, Paul, I couldn’t care less if you tell me made-up stories. Our lies reveal as much about us as our truths.’ (Said to Paul by Elizabeth Costello, the interloping novelist-angel-inner voice) Picture Quote #1

The modern state appeals to morality, to religion, and to natural law as the ideological foundation of its existence. At the same time it is prepared to infringe any or all of these in the interest of self-preservation Picture Quote #1

There are works of literature whose influence is strong but indirect because it is mediated through the whole of the culture rather than immediately through imitation. Wordsworth is the case that comes to mind Picture Quote #1

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

I am not the we of anyone Picture Quote #1

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

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

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

When all else fails, philosophize Picture Quote #1

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Was it serious? I don't know. It certainly had serious consequences 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

The mode of consciousness of nonhuman species is quite different from human consciousness Picture Quote #1

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

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All creatures come into the world bringing with them the memory of justice Picture Quote #1

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

The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law Picture Quote #1

I say that I represent this movement because my intellectual allegiances are clearly European, not African Picture Quote #1

He knows too much about himself to subject her to a morning after, when he will be cold, surly, impatient to be alone Picture Quote #1

The idea of writer as sage is pretty much dead today. I would certainly feel very uncomfortable in the role Picture Quote #1

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But he cannot see a connection between the end of yearning and the end of poetry. Is that what growing up amounts to: growing out of yearning, of passion, of all intensities of the soul? Picture Quote #1

She gives him what he can only call a sweet smile. 'So you are determined to go on being bad. Mad, bad, and dangerous to know. I promise, no one will ask you to change Picture Quote #1

His own opinion, which he does not air, is that the origin of speech lie in song, and the origins of song in the need to fill out with sound the overlarge and rather empty human soul Picture Quote #1

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

If there were a better, clearer, shorter way of saying what the fiction says, then why not scrap the fiction? Picture Quote #1

Words are coin. Words alienate. Language is no medium for desire. Desire is rapture, not exchange Picture Quote #1

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As you see, I do not treat the creation of fiction, that to say the invention and development of fantasies, as a form of abstract thought. I don’t wish to deny the uses of the intellect, but sometimes one has the intuition that the intellect by itself will lead one nowhere (J M Coetzee Quotes) The highest type of intelligence, says Aristotle, manifests itself in an ability to see connections where no one has seen them before, that is, to think analogically (J M Coetzee Quotes) Temperament is fixed, set. The skull, followed by the temperament: the two hardest parts of the body. Follow your temperament. It is not a philosophy, It is a rule, like the Rule of St Benedict (J M Coetzee Quotes) No, Paul, I couldn’t care less if you tell me made-up stories. Our lies reveal as much about us as our truths.’ (Said to Paul by Elizabeth Costello, the interloping novelist-angel-inner voice) (J M Coetzee Quotes) The modern state appeals to morality, to religion, and to natural law as the ideological foundation of its existence. At the same time it is prepared to infringe any or all of these in the interest of self-preservation (J M Coetzee Quotes) There are works of literature whose influence is strong but indirect because it is mediated through the whole of the culture rather than immediately through imitation. Wordsworth is the case that comes to mind (J M Coetzee Quotes) And anyway, I suspect he secretly liked it when a woman was cold and distant (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) A book should be an axe to chop open the frozen sea inside us (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) Was it serious? I don't know. It certainly had serious consequences (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) The mode of consciousness of nonhuman species is quite different from human consciousness (J M Coetzee Quotes) I don't think we are ready to die, any of us, not without being escorted (J M Coetzee Quotes) All creatures come into the world bringing with them the memory of justice (J M Coetzee Quotes) I tend to resist invitations to interpret my own fiction (J M Coetzee Quotes) The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law (J M Coetzee Quotes) I say that I represent this movement because my intellectual allegiances are clearly European, not African (J M Coetzee Quotes) He knows too much about himself to subject her to a morning after, when he will be cold, surly, impatient to be alone (J M Coetzee Quotes) The idea of writer as sage is pretty much dead today. I would certainly feel very uncomfortable in the role (J M Coetzee Quotes) But he cannot see a connection between the end of yearning and the end of poetry. Is that what growing up amounts to: growing out of yearning, of passion, of all intensities of the soul? (J M Coetzee Quotes) She gives him what he can only call a sweet smile. 'So you are determined to go on being bad. Mad, bad, and dangerous to know. I promise, no one will ask you to change (J M Coetzee Quotes) His own opinion, which he does not air, is that the origin of speech lie in song, and the origins of song in the need to fill out with sound the overlarge and rather empty human soul (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) If there were a better, clearer, shorter way of saying what the fiction says, then why not scrap the fiction? (J M Coetzee Quotes) Words are coin. Words alienate. Language is no medium for desire. Desire is rapture, not exchange (J M Coetzee Quotes)

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