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21 " detectaba en los ojos de los babuinos mayores los aguijonazos de la melancolía, el nacimiento de la conciencia incipiente de su mortalidad. "
― J.M. Coetzee , Summertime
22 " I hope that in the afterlife we will get a chance, each of us, to say our sorries to the people we have wronged. "
23 " No, yo ya estoy casada, gracias –le dije–. Búscate una mujer más apropiada que yo, alguien que te haga salir de ti mismo. "
24 " Che cosa ci facciamo qui? Era quella, da sempre, la domanda non pronunciata. Lui lo sapeva e lo sapeva anche lei. La sua lettera, per quanto vilmente, aveva almeno accennato a quella domanda: Che ci facciamo in questa sterile parte del mondo? Perché passiamo la vita ammazzandoci così di lavoro se questo posto non era fatto perché ci vivesse la gente, se tutto il progetto di umanizzare questa terra era sbagliato fin dall'inizio? "
25 " Probablemente piensa que lo mismo les sucede a los artistas en general, a los artistas masculinos, que no están hechos para lo que llamo amor; que no pueden entregarse del todo, o no están dispuestos a hacerlo, por la sencilla razón de que tienen una esencia secreta que han de preservar por el bien de su arte. "
26 " Cuando un hombre y una mujer están enamorados crean su propia música, es algo que sucede instintivamente, no necesitan lecciones. "
27 " Even if you choose someone who is not necessarily the love of your life, married life will be better than what you have now, with just your father and yourself. It is not good to sleep alone night after night. "
28 " It used to be that he, John, had too little employment. Now that is about to change. Now he will have as much employment as he can handle, as much and more. He is going to have to abandon some of his personal projects and be a nurse. Alternatively, if he will not be a nurse, he must announce to his father: I cannot face the prospect of ministering to you day and night. I am going to abandon you. Goodbye. One or the other: there is no third way. "
29 " No, of course John did not love his father, he did not love anybody, he was not built for love. But he did feel guilty about his father. He felt guilty and therefore behaved dutifully. With certain lapses. "