Sentiment is for those who don’t know what to do next.
NADINE GORDIMERI don’t think I am a citizen of the world; I am very much a citizen of my own country. But my own country is closely related to other parts of the world and influenced by what happens there.
More Nadine Gordimer Quotes
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in writing, sex doesn’t matter; it’s the writing that matters.
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Nothing factual that I write or say will be as truthful as my fiction.
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A desert is a place without expectation.
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In a country like South Africa, writers have nuisance value, because those of us who have become known overseas have certainly helped to inform people about what life is like there.
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Mostly I’m interviewed by white people, and identified with white society.
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Censorship may have to do with literature; but literature has nothing whatever to do with censorship.
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Books dont need batteries
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Written words still have the amazing power to bring out the best and worst of human nature
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The tension between standing apart, and being fully involved; that is what makes a writer.
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I have failed at many things, but I have never been afraid.
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As writers, we are exploring the mystery, the mystery of existence.
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Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.
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The truth isn’t always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
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I cannot live with someone who can’t live without me.
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it’s impossible to conquer all fear and loss by preparation. There are always sources of desolation that aren’t taken into account because no one knows what they will be.
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