Temperament is fixed, set. The skull, followed by the temperament: the two hardest parts of the body. Follow your temperament. It is not a philosophy, It is a rule, like the Rule of St Benedict.
J. M. CoetzeeWhen we are stirred to lament the loss of the gods, it is more than likely the gods who are doing the stirring.
J. M. CoetzeeOnce I lived in time as a fish in water, breathing it, drinking it, sustained by it. Now I kill time and time kills me.
J. M. Coetzee