To me the moral is that he has the last word who disposes over the greatest force. I mean the executioner and… — J. M. Coetzee
To me the moral is that he has the last word who disposes over the greatest force. I mean the executioner and his assistants, both great and small. If I were the Irish woman, I should rest most uneasy in my grave knowing to what interpreter the story of my last hours has been consigned.
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