Boyhood Quotes

“Perhaps it does us good to have a fall every now and then. As long as we don't break.”
― J. M. Coetzee, Boyhood

“Is this love - this easy generosity, this sense of being understood at last, of not having to pretend?”
― J.M. Coetzee, Boyhood

“¿Qué más se puede hacer con las piernas, aparte de devorarlas con los ojos? ¿Para qué sirve el deseo?”
― J.M. Coetzee, Boyhood

“¿Es esto el amor, esta generosidad natural, este sentimiento de ser comprendido por fin, de no tener que fingir?”
― J.M. Coetzee, Boyhood

“The boy is special, Aunt Annie told his mother, and his mother in turn told him. But what kind of special? No one ever says.”
― J.M. Coetzee, Boyhood

“There is not enough time in a single life to know all of Voëlfontein, know its every stone and bush. No time can be enough when one loves a place with such devouring love.”
― J.M. Coetzee, Boyhood

“He thinks: she had a life before I was born. He is glad for her sake, since she has no life any more.”
― J.M. Coetzee, Boyhood