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The creative act is not pure.Nadine Gordimer
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I don't cry. Unfortunately, I seem rather short of tears, so my sorrows have to stay inside me.Nadine Gordimer
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You can't change a regime on the basis of compassion. There's got to be something harder.Nadine Gordimer
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Death is really the mystery of life, isn't it?Nadine Gordimer
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I'm an atheist. I wouldn't even call myself an agnostic. I am an atheist.Nadine Gordimer
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I am an African. I am white. I, in my humble way, and others in their much more brave way, have earned that right.Nadine Gordimer
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Communists are the last optimists.Nadine Gordimer
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I would be guilty only if I were innocent of working to destroy racism in my country.Nadine Gordimer
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How did I find out? I was deceiving him.Nadine Gordimer
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A truly living human being cannot remain neutral.Nadine Gordimer