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Here are some quotes of wisdom from J.M. Coetzee:
1. **”In order to be cruel, one has to close one’s heart to the suffering of the other.”**
– A reflection on the nature of cruelty and the necessity of empathy.
2. **”We must cultivate, all of us, a certain ignorance, a certain blindness, or society will not be tolerable.”**
– A thought-provoking statement on the balance between awareness and the need to sometimes look away.
3. **”Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That’s what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise, what is life for?”**
– A call to live boldly and with purpose.
4. **”There is no cause for wonder if lives are cut short, or if, being long, they are full of misery. We are all simply playing parts assigned to us long before we were born.”**
– A philosophical take on fate and human existence.
5. **”Pain is truth; all else is subject to doubt.”**
– A deep reflection on suffering as the one undeniable reality.
6. **”All creatures come into the world bringing with them the memory of justice.”**
– A poetic observation about the innate sense of fairness in living beings.
7. **”To be a writer is to accept one’s solitude, and to make something of that solitude.”**
– A reflection on the nature of creativity and isolation.
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