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J.M. Coetzee is a South African-born Australian novelist known for his profound psychological insights and critical exploration of South Africa's apartheid history. His works have won numerous literary awards, including the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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“Pleasure is hard to come by, but pain is everywhere these days, I must learn to subsist on it.”

Hard Pain Pleasure These Days

Book:In the Heart of the Country: A Novel

Source: In the Heart of the Country: A Novel

“Truth is not spoken in anger. Truth is spoken, if it ever comes to be spoken, in love. The gaze of love is not deluded. It sees what is best in the beloved even when what is best in the beloved finds it hard to emerge into the light.”

Ifs Hard Light Love Is Truth Is Beloved Deluded

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“So it has come, the day of testing. Without warning, without fanfare, it is here, and he is in the middle of it. In his chest his heart hammers so hard that it too, in its dumb way, must know. How will they stand up to the testing, he and his heart?”

Knows Way Heart Hard Know How Middle Dumb Chests Warning Testing Hammers Fanfare

Book:Disgrâce

Source: Disgrâce

“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.”

Said Hard Used Grows Easier Harder Cease Used To Be

Book:Disgrâce

Source: Disgrâce

“He even knew the reason why: because enough men had gone off to war saying the time for gardening was when the war was over; whereas there must be men to stay behind and keep gardening alive, or at least the idea of gardening; because once that cord was broken, the earth would grow hard and forget her children. That was why.”

Men Children Ideas War Hard Reason Enough Earth Grows Forget Behinds Gone Alive Broken Garden Reason Why Gardening Be A Man Cords

Book:Life & Times of Michael K.: A Novel

Source: Life & Times of Michael K.: A Novel

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Born: February 9, 1940
Known for: Novelist
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