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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There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

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

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

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...

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 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...

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of...

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of...

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

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...

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

The primacy of the word, basis of the human psyche, that has in our age...

The primacy of the word, basis of the human psyche, that has in our age...

A desert is a place without expectation.

A desert is a place without expectation.

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

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

If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated reading deserves to...

If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated reading deserves to...

There is something about saying Ok and hanging up the receiver with a bang that...

There is something about saying Ok and hanging up the receiver with a bang that...

No one can roll back the time,everyone has to just keep pace with the mighty...

No one can roll back the time,everyone has to just keep pace with the mighty...