Nadine Gordimer Quotes
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.
Topics
Action
Commitments
Determination
Polarization
Politics
South Africa
Accomplishments
Alienation
Apathy
Commitment
Devotion
Disinterest
Divisiveness
Enthusiasm
Imagination
Inaction
Indifference
Resolve
Sahara Desert
Dedication
Obstacle
Slogans & Mottoes
Disconnection
Emotional Distance
Social Gap
Citations
Nadine Gordimer, 1924-2014, South African Anti-Apartheid Writer, Nobel Laureate in Literature, "Great Problems in the Street," 1963
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Nadine Gordimer was a South African writer, political activist and recipient of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature. She was recognized as a writer "who through her magnificent epic writing has – in the words of Alfred Nobel – been of very great benefit to humanity".