J. M. Coetzee Quote

If it is indeed impossible — or at least very difficult — to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing about animals there is a temptation to project upon them feelings and thoughts that may belong only to our own human mind and heart.


The Lives of Animals (1999)


If it is indeed impossible — or at least very difficult — to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing about animals there is a...

If it is indeed impossible — or at least very difficult — to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing about animals there is a...

If it is indeed impossible — or at least very difficult — to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing about animals there is a...

If it is indeed impossible — or at least very difficult — to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing about animals there is a...