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Quotes from Boyhood — J. M. Coetzee

born 1940 South Africa

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He is angry at his mother for not having normal children and making them live a normal life.

Boyhood (1998)

The nearest shops from where they live are a mile away along a bleak eucalyptus-lined road.

Boyhood (1998)

It is the mother and children who make up the core and the husband only a contributor to the economy as a paying lodger might be.

Boyhood (1998)

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.

Boyhood (1998)

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