Disgrace
J.M. Coetzee
Top 10 Best Quotes
“When all else fails, philosophize.”
“(I)f we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution.”
“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.”
“He continues to teach because it provides him with a livelihood; also because it teaches him humility, brings it home to him who he is in the world. The irony does not escape him: that the one who comes to teach learns the keenest of lessons, while those who come to learn learn nothing.”
“You are going to end up as one of those sad old men who poke around in rubbish bins.” “I’m going to end up in a hole in the ground... And so are you. So are we all.”
“Because a woman's beauty does not belong to her alone. It is a part of the bounty she brings into the world. She has a duty to share it.”
“Poetry speaks to you either at first sight or not at all. A flash of revelation and a flash of response.”
“Was it serious? I don't know. It certainly had serious consequences.”
“It’s admirable, what you do, what she does, but to me animal-welfare people are a bit like Christians of a certain kind. Everyone is so cheerful and well-intentioned that after a while you itch to go off and do some raping and pillaging. Or to kick a cat.”
“It gets harder all the time, Bev Shaw once said. Harder, yet easier. One gets used to things getting harder; one ceases to be surprised that what used to be hard as hard can be grows harder yet.”
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Book Keywords:
retribution, kindness, revelation, flash, song, death, disgrace, language, soul, generosity, poetry, beauty, guilt, speech, emptiness
