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If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing abo

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"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"

- J. M. Coetzee

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This quote is written / told by J. M. Coetzee somewhere between February 9, 1940 and today. He/she was a famous Author from South Africa. The author also have 18 other quotes.

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