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)

J. M. Coetzee Quotes

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...