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.

Quote by Nadine Gordimer

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Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women...

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women...

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses...

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses...

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women...

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women...

Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on...

The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

The facts are always less than what really happened.

The facts are always less than what really happened.

A desert is a place without expectation.

A desert is a place without expectation.

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made...

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made...

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

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

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

From Ernest Hemingway's stories, I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid...

From Ernest Hemingway's stories, I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid...

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made...

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made...

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

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

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses...

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses...

A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings.

A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.