# In the Heart of the Country

- Author: [J. M. Coetzee](https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-m-coetzee.md)
- Quotes: 4
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-m-coetzee/in-the-heart-of-the-country

## Quotes

> The new wife is a lazy big boned voluptuous feline woman…

p. 1 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-m-coetzee/in-the-heart-of-the-country/the-new-wife.md)

> I am… a farmgirl… not unaware that there is a hole between my legs that has never been filled.

p. 41 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-m-coetzee/in-the-heart-of-the-country/i-am-a-farmgirl.md)

> “I am a child,” she tells him, “Despite my years, I am an old child, a sinister old child full of stale juices. Someone should make a woman of me… , someone should make a hole in me to let the old juices run out.”

p. 86 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-m-coetzee/in-the-heart-of-the-country/i-am-a-child.md)

> unused body now dusty, dry, unsavoury

p. 44 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-m-coetzee/in-the-heart-of-the-country/unused-body-now.md)