“Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.”
“Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.”
Nadine Gordimer
“The solitude of writing is also quite frightening. It's quite close to madness, one just disappears for a day and loses touch.”
Nadine Gordimer, Conversations With Nadine Gordimer“A truly living human being cannot remain neutral.”
Nadine Gordimer, The Quotable Gordimer; or, The Wit and Wisdom of Nadine Gordimer“How did I find out? I was deceiving him.”
Nadine Gordimer, The Quotable Gordimer; or, The Wit and Wisdom of Nadine Gordimer“I would be guilty only if I were innocent of working to destroy racism in my country.”
Nadine Gordimer, The Quotable Gordimer; or, The Wit and Wisdom of Nadine Gordimer“Communists are the last optimists.”
Nadine Gordimer, The Quotable Gordimer; or, The Wit and Wisdom of Nadine Gordimer“I am an African. I am white. I, in my humble way, and others in their much more brave way, have earned that right.”
Nadine Gordimer, The Quotable Gordimer; or, The Wit and Wisdom of Nadine Gordimer“I'm an atheist. I wouldn't even call myself an agnostic. I am an atheist.”
Nadine Gordimer, The Quotable Gordimer; or, The Wit and Wisdom of Nadine Gordimer“Death is really the mystery of life, isn't it?”
Nadine Gordimer, The Quotable Gordimer; or, The Wit and Wisdom of Nadine Gordimer“You can't change a regime on the basis of compassion. There's got to be something harder.”
Nadine Gordimer, The Quotable Gordimer; or, The Wit and Wisdom of Nadine Gordimer“I don't cry. Unfortunately, I seem rather short of tears, so my sorrows have to stay inside me.”
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