She no longer believes very strongly in belief... Belief may be no more, in the end, than a source of energy, like a battery which one clips into an idea to make it run. As happens when one writes: believing whatever has to be believed in order to get the job done.


Elizabeth Costello (2003)

J. M. Coetzee Quotes

She no longer believes very strongly in belief... Belief may be no more, in the end, than a source of energy, like a battery which one clips into an...

She no longer believes very strongly in belief... Belief may be no more, in the end, than a source of energy, like a battery which one clips into an...

She no longer believes very strongly in belief... Belief may be no more, in the end, than a source of energy, like a battery which one clips into an...

She no longer believes very strongly in belief... Belief may be no more, in the end, than a source of energy, like a battery which one clips into an...