"A book should be an axe to chop open the frozen sea inside us."

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Source : J.M. Coetzee (2009). “Summertime”, p.61, Random House

J. M. Coetzee

#Book Quotes #Sea Quotes #Frozen Quotes

“It's not a bad idea to be single, so I can concentrate on my job.”
“The disappearance of theology from the life of the Church, and the orchestration of that disappearance by some of its leaders, is hard to miss today, but oddly enough, not easy to prove. It is hard to miss in the evangelical world--in the vacuous worship that is so prevalent, for example, in the shift form God to the self as the central focus of faith, in the psychologized preaching that follows this shift, in the erosion of its conviction, in its strident pragmatism, in its inability to think incisively about the culture, in its reveling in the irrational.”
“Today I saw a red and yellow sunset and thought, how insignificant I am! Of course, I thought that yesterday too, and it rained.”
“What's the use of saying we're better at baseball than this country? We all play together. I'm playing with Venezuelans and Dominicans right now. We all play together, so what's up with saying our country is better than your country? It's stupid. I don't like it.”
“Cuz this is what happens when bad meets evil We hit the trees till we look like Vietnamese people”
“I'm taking (the training) a little more seriously than I normally would to speed up the process. I don't care if people say I was a surprise pick. I feel like it's an honor and the people who made the decision to put me on the team know what they are talking about. To play for your country is something you can hold on to the rest of your life.”
“I would feel dead if I didn't have the ability periodically to put my world in order with a poem. I think to be inarticulate is a great suffering, and is especially so to anyone who has a certain knack for poetry.”
“If you have any of these qualities... love, kindness, compassion, sincerity and truth in your heart.... you will always find your way home.”

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