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> [“No animal will accept the justice of being punished for following its instincts. (90)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jm-coetzee/no-animal-will-accept-the-justice-of-being-punished-for-following-its/)

[JM Coetzee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jm-coetzee/)

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## More by JM Coetzee

> [“Lucy, my dearest, why don’t you want to tell? It was a crime. There is no shame in being the object of a crime.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jm-coetzee/lucy-my-dearest-why-don-t-you-want-to-tell-it-was-a-crime-there-is-no/)

[JM Coetzee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jm-coetzee/)

> [“I was a servant of Eros: that is what he wants to say, but does he have the effrontery? It was a god who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jm-coetzee/i-was-a-servant-of-eros-that-is-what-he-wants-to-say-but-does-he-have/)

[JM Coetzee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jm-coetzee/)

> [“No, that is true, they are not tight up against each other in the sky, there is a tiny gap between them. That is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jm-coetzee/no-that-is-true-they-are-not-tight-up-against-each-other-in-the-sky/)

[JM Coetzee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jm-coetzee/)

> [“My case rests on the rights of desire,’ he says. ‘On the god who makes even the small birds quiver.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jm-coetzee/my-case-rests-on-the-rights-of-desire-he-says-on-the-god-who-makes/)

[JM Coetzee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jm-coetzee/)

> [“A risk to own anything: a car, a pair of shoes, a packet of cigarettes. Not enough to go around, not enough cars, shoes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jm-coetzee/a-risk-to-own-anything-a-car-a-pair-of-shoes-a-packet-of-cigarettes/)

[JM Coetzee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jm-coetzee/)

> [“No animal will accept the justice of being punished for following its instincts. (90)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jm-coetzee/no-animal-will-accept-the-justice-of-being-punished-for-following-its/)

[JM Coetzee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jm-coetzee/)

> [“There is no shame in being the object of a crime. You did not choose to be the object. (111)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jm-coetzee/there-is-no-shame-in-being-the-object-of-a-crime-you-did-not-choose/)

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