Strong people alone know how to organize their suffering so as to bear only the most necessary pain.
Quality of Witness: A Romanian Diary, 1937-1944I would be guilty only if I were innocent of working to destroy racism in my country.
The Quotable Gordimer; or, The Wit and Wisdom of Nadine GordimerI'm an atheist. I wouldn't even call myself an agnostic. I am an atheist.
The Quotable Gordimer; or, The Wit and Wisdom of Nadine GordimerYou can't change a regime on the basis of compassion. There's got to be something harder.
The Quotable Gordimer; or, The Wit and Wisdom of Nadine GordimerPerhaps the truth is that heavy literature blooms in extremes of temperature.
Where Books Fall Open: A Reader's Anthology of Wit & PassionI don't cry. Unfortunately, I seem rather short of tears, so my sorrows have to stay inside me.
The Quotable Gordimer; or, The Wit and Wisdom of Nadine Gordimer