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More Quotes by J. M. Coetzee
Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for?
We must cultivate, all of us, a certain ignorance, a certain blindness, or society will not be tolerable.
Where civilization entailed the corruption of barbarian virtues and the creation of dependent people, I decided, I was opposed to civilization.
A book should be an axe to chop open the frozen sea inside us.
I’m going to end up in a hole in the ground... And so are you. So are we all.
If we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution.
Perhaps; but I am a difficult person to live with. My difficulty consists in not wanting to live with other people.
When all else fails, philosophize.
The secret of happiness is not doing what we like but in liking what we do.
I am not the we of anyone.