"If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing about animals there is a temptation to project upon them feelings and thoughts that may belong only to our own human mind and heart."

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J. M. Coetzee

#Writing Quotes #Heart Quotes #Animal Quotes

“There is nothing for the modern man or woman to fear about most cases of cancer. Nothing except delay.”
“Art is the Mirror of our betrayed ideals.”
“The person who lives life fully, glowing with lifeâ€™s energy, is the person who lives a successful life.”
“Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be.”
“Whenever you talk about writing I think you have to remember that it all has a big question mark over it - every word has a big question mark over it.”
“one of my earliest joys as a parent lay in knowing that at the end of the day I had once again ushered three babies back to their beds, against the odds, unscathed and peaceful. Happiness was a houseful of safe, inert bodies. Actually, it still is.”
“I saw my father as a man, and not, as a man who was my father.”
“Certain social situations make me feel like a square peg in a round hole. Realising you can connect to the human race through song makes me feel less alien.”

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