Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women to narrow the gap between the convenience of the powers that be and the unwritten charter.
- Nadine Gordimer
Best, Convenience, Charter, Narrow
There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.
- Nadine Gordimer
Sacrifice, Authority, Like, Moral Authority
The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses Eden, writes to be read and comes to realize that he is answerable.
- Nadine Gordimer
Eden, Creative Act, Read, Writes
The gap between the committed and the indifferent is a Sahara whose faint trails, followed by the mind's eye only, fade out in sand.
- Nadine Gordimer
Mind, Committed, Trails, Fade
Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.
- Nadine Gordimer
I Am, Side, Which, Womb
Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter.
- Nadine Gordimer
Measure, How, How Much, Passing
Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.
- Nadine Gordimer
Never, Over, Individual, Brand
From Ernest Hemingway's stories, I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid by my characters.
- Nadine Gordimer
Stories, Characters, Learned, Hemingway
A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings.
- Nadine Gordimer
Fear, Hate, Brings, Understands
People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.
- Nadine Gordimer
Birthday, Gift, Give, Wrapped
Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
- Nadine Gordimer
Beauty, Truth, Always, Hunger
Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.
- Nadine Gordimer
Responsibility, Outside, Eden
The facts are always less than what really happened.
- Nadine Gordimer
Always, Less, Than, Happened
Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.
- Nadine Gordimer
Small, Making, Area, Perhaps
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