“ Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area. Nadine Gordimer
“ They say (she had read somewhere) that no one ever disappears, up in the atmosphere, stratosphere, whatever you call space--atoms infinitely minute, beyond conception of existence, are up there foreve… Nadine Gordimer
“ ... what it really was like to live a life determined by the struggle to be free, as desert dwellers' days are determined by the struggle against thirst and those of dwellers amid snow and ice by the… Nadine Gordimer
“ What is the purpose of writing? For me personally, it is really to explain the mystery of life, and the mystery of life includes, of course, the personal, the political, the forces that make us what w… Nadine Gordimer
“ Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb. 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
“ I would be guilty only if I were innocent of working to destroy racism in my country. Nadine Gordimer
“ You can't change a regime on the basis of compassion. There's got to be something harder. Nadine Gordimer
“ You know history better than I do, you've been teaching all your life. Without real opposition you get dictators down the line. Idi, Amin, Mugabe. No democracy without opposition. Nadine Gordimer
