big, calm, clever son of Willem Van der Vyver - Nadine Gordimer

No globalisation without a human face.

The truth can only be pieced together from these different bits of knowledge, these different impressions, these different experiences. Goethe said: “You close your eyes and you dip your hand into your society and you bring up a little bit of the truth.” And that is the material of your writing.

I'm a candle flame that sways in currents of air you can't see. You need to be the one who steadies me to burn.