“Disgrace is a subtle, multi-layered story, as much concerned with politics as it is with the itch of male flesh. Coetzee's prose is chaste and lyrical without being self- conscious: it is a relief to encounter writing as quietly stylish as this. I was not totally convinced by Lurie's musical abilities, with regard to his proposed opera, but that is my sole complaint.” WritingSelfStoriesAbilityConsciousConcernedRegardMalesMusicalConvincedFleshEncountersProseReliefSubtleOperaSoleComplaintsDisgraceSelf ConsciousLyricalChasteStylishMusical AbilityCoetzee Author:Paul Bailey
“A sub-clerk in the post office is the equal of a conqueror if consciousness is common to them. All experiences are indifferent in this regard. There are some that do either a service or a disservice to man. They do him a service if he is conscious. Otherwise, that has no importance: a man's failures imply judgment, not of circumstances, but of himself.” IfsMenCommonConsciousnessCircumstancesEqualOfficeJudgmentConsciousImportanceRegardPostsIndifferentConquerorClerksDisservicePost Office Book:The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays Source: The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays
“If the rest of your brain were conscious, it would probably regard you as the pointy-haired boss from Dilbert” IfsBrainConsciousRegardBossDilbert Book:Firefall Source: Firefall
“If everybody is looking for it, then nobody is finding it. If we were cultured, we would not be conscious of lacking culture. We would regard it as something natural and would not make so much fuss about it. And if we knew the real value of this word we would be cultured enough not to give it so much importance.” IfsGivingRealEnoughWould BeValuesCultureNaturalFindingsConsciousImportanceRegardLackingReal Value Author:Pablo Picasso
“The settler makes history and is conscious of making it. And because he constantly refers to the history of his mother country, he clearly indicates that he himself is the extension of that mother country. Thus the history which he writes is not the history of the country which he plunders but the history of his own nation in regard to all that she skims off, all that she violates and starves.” WritingCountryMotherCultureNationsJusticeDiversityConsciousRegardSocial JusticeExtensionsPlunderSettlersMother Country Book:Damnés de la terre Source: Damnés de la terre