Time is change; we measure its passage by how much things alter.

- Nadine Gordimer

A truly living human being cannot remain neutral.

- Nadine Gordimer

Keenness of hearing revives when one is alone.

- Nadine Gordimer

People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.

- Nadine Gordimer

I cannot live with someone who can't live without me.

- Nadine Gordimer

The facts are always less than what really happened.

- Nadine Gordimer

I have learned since that sometimes the things we want most are impossible for us. You may long to come home, yet wander forever.

- Nadine Gordimer

Books dont need batteries

- Nadine Gordimer

I have failed at many things, but I have never been afraid.

- Nadine Gordimer