What did J. M. Coetzee mean by: I said to myself, ‘If you don’t sit down to it today, when will you ever sit down to it?’ - J. M. Coetzee Copy
+ One day some as yet unborn scholar will recognize in the clock the machine that has tamed the wilds. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. M. Coetzee, Machines, One Day, Time, 0 - J. M. Coetzee
+ Was it serious? I don’t know. It certainly had serious consequences. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. M. Coetzee, Consequence, Serious, 0 - J. M. Coetzee
+ Unimaginable perhaps; but the unimaginable is there to be imagined. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. M. Coetzee, Unimaginable, 0 - J. M. Coetzee
+ The devil is everywhere under the skin of things, searching for a way into the light. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. M. Coetzee, Devil, Light, Skins, 0 - J. M. Coetzee
+ The end of confession is to tell the truth to and for oneself. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. M. Coetzee, Confession, End, Telling The Truth, 0 - J. M. Coetzee
+ A book should be an axe to chop open the frozen sea inside us. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. M. Coetzee, Book, Frozen, Sea, 0 - J. M. Coetzee
+ From one seed a whole handful: that was what it meant to say the bounty of the earth. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. M. Coetzee, Earth, 0 - J. M. Coetzee
+ In order to be cruel we have to close our hearts to the suffering of the other. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. M. Coetzee, Heart, Suffering, 0 - J. M. Coetzee
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