Quotes from J.M.Coetzee

Hatred . . . When it comes to men and sex, David, nothing surprises me any more. Maybe, for men, hating the woman makes sex more exciting. You are a man, you ought to know. When you have sex with someone strange - when you trap her, hold her down, get her under you, put all your weight on her - isn't it a killing? Pushing the knife in; exiting afterwards, leaving the body behind covered in blood - doesn't it feel like murder, like getting away with murder?

If i were pressed to give my brand of political thought a label, I would call it pessimistic anarchistic quietism

I must not fall asleep in the middle of my life.

Be a main character, otherwise what is life for?