what a writer does is to try to make sense of life. I think that's what writing is, I think that's what painting is. It's seeking that thread of order and logic in the disorder, and the incredible waste and marvelous profligate character of life. What all artists are trying to do is to make sense of life.
Time is change; we measure its passage by how much things alter. - Nadine Gordimer
Time is change; we measure its passage by how much things alter.
- Nadine Gordimer
A truly living human being cannot remain neutral. - Nadine Gordimer
A truly living human being cannot remain neutral.
Keenness of hearing revives when one is alone. - Nadine Gordimer
Keenness of hearing revives when one is alone.
I cannot live with someone who can't live without me. - Nadine Gordimer
I cannot live with someone who can't live without me.
People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped. - Nadine Gordimer
People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.
The facts are always less than what really happened. - Nadine Gordimer
The facts are always less than what really happened.
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
I have learned since that sometimes the things we want most are impossible for us. You may long to come home, yet wander forever.
I have failed at many things, but I have never been afraid. - Nadine Gordimer
I have failed at many things, but I have never been afraid.
Books dont need batteries - Nadine Gordimer
Books dont need batteries
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