“So I ask you: attend to the writing, not to me. If lies and pleas and excuses weave among the words, listen for them. Do not pass them over, do not forgive them easily. Read all, even this abjuration, with a cold eye.” WritingTruthForgivenessLies Author:J.M Coetzee
“I am trying to keep a soul alive in times not hospitable to the soul.” SoulKindnessIntegrityResilience Author:J.M Coetzee
“It is not he who fell under my care when he arrived, I now understand, nor I who fell under his: we fell under each other, and have tumbled and risen since then in the flights and swoops of that mutual election.” CareDevotionCloseness Author:J.M Coetzee