"In real life all that he can do well it appears, is be miserable. In misery, he is still top of the class. There seems to be no limit to the misery he can attract to himself and endure...Misery is his element. He is at home in misery like a fish in water. If misery were to be abolished, he would not know what to do with himself."
J.M. Coetzee, Youth, 2003.
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