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Nadine Gordimer was a South African writer renowned for her profound social commentary and literary achievements. Her works often delve into issues of apartheid, class differences, and gender, winning numerous literary awards, including the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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“Sentiment is for those who don't know what to do next.”

Knows Next Sentiments Bleach Bonsai

Book:Burger's Daughter

Source: Burger's Daughter

“Well, you know, in the fundamentalist milieu of the Afrikaners, there was a sense that they were a chosen people, that they were bringing civilization to the blacks.”

People Knows Wells Civilization Chosen Fundamentalist Milieu

Author:Nadine Gordimer

“Humans, the only self-regarding animals, blessed or cursed with this torturing higher faculty, have always wanted to know why.”

Knows Humans Self Reason Wanted Animal Higher Blessed Curiosity Faculty Cursed

Book:Living in Hope and History

Source: Living in Hope and History

“it's impossible to conquer all fear and loss by preparation. There are always sources of desolation that aren't taken into account because no one knows what they will be.”

Knows Loss Taken Impossible Source Accounts Planning Conquer Preparation Desolation

Book:Burger's Daughter

Source: Burger's Daughter

“I believe - I know (there are not many things I should care to dogmatize about, on the subject of writing) that writers need solitude, and seek alienation of a kind every day of their working lives. (And remember, they are not even aware when and when not they are working.) ... The tension between standing apart and being fully involved; that is what makes a writer.”

Knows Needs Should Writing Believe Kind Care Remember I Believe Subjects Involved Solitude Standing Tension Alienation Working Life Standing Apart

Book:Selected Stories

Source: Selected Stories

“About the joys and the courage, I really don't know what other people think. I just know that I've never left Africa. I've lived there all my life. And one of the wonderful things, in spite of all the terrible things that happen in South Africa, is the way people continue to keep their dignity.”

People Thinking Knows Way Happens Joy Left Wonderful Terrible Dignity South Spite South Africa Wonderful Things Terrible Things

Author:Nadine Gordimer

“When I was a child, we seemed to be living in a world remote from the rest of the world. But television has made a great difference to all of us. If something happens where I live, you see it tomorrow or perhaps even at the same time it is happening there. It's not "one world" in the sense that conflicts are resolved in the world. But we are more one world in that we know what is going on and are psychologically influenced by what goes on around us.”

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Author:Nadine Gordimer

About the Author

Born: November 20, 1923
Died: July 13, 2014
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 119

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Telling Times: Writing and Living, 1950-2008Related source material

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Burger's DaughterRelated source material

Living in Hope and HistoryRelated source material

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Get a LifeRelated source material

The Quotable Gordimer; or, The Wit and Wisdom of Nadine GordimerRelated source material

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