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" A desert is a place without expectation. "
Nadine Gordimer
Desert
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" Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women to narrow the gap between the convenience of the powers that be and the unwritten charter. "
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" The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses Eden, writes to be read and comes to realize that he is answerable. "
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" Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter. "
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" A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings. "
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" Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb. "
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" From Ernest Hemingway's stories, I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid by my characters. "
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" Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity. "
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" I cannot live with someone who can't live without me. "
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" People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped. "
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" The facts are always less than what really happened. "
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