It gets harder all the time, Bev Shaw once said. Harder, yet easier. O…

J. M. Coetzee
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It gets harder all the time, Bev Shaw once said. Harder, yet easier. One gets used to things getting harder; one ceases to be surprised that what used to be hard as hard can be grows harder yet. ✨ J. M. Coetzee (1999). Disgrâce, Random House (UK)
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