His own opinion, which he does not air, is that the origin of speech l…

J. M. Coetzee
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His own opinion, which he does not air, is that the origin of speech lie in song, and the origins of song in the need to fill out with sound the overlarge and rather empty human soul. ✨ J M Coetzee (2015). Disgrace, p.4, Random House
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His own opinion, which he does not air, is that the origin of speech lie in song, and the origins of song in the need to fill out with sound the overlarge and rather empty human soul. ✨ J M Coetzee (2015). Disgrace, p.4, Random House

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