His mind has become a refuge for old thoughts, idle, indigent, with no…

J. M. Coetzee
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His mind has become a refuge for old thoughts, idle, indigent, with nowhere else to go. He ought to chase them out, sweep the premises clean. But he does not care to do so, or does not care enough(72). ✨ J M Coetzee (2015). Disgrace, p.72, Random House
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His mind has become a refuge for old thoughts, idle, indigent, with nowhere else to go. He ought to chase them out, sweep the premises clean. But he does not care to do so, or does not care enough(72). ✨ J M Coetzee (2015). Disgrace, p.72, Random House

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