*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.* [*Nadine Gordimer*](http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/55397.Nadine_Gordimer?utm_medium=email&utm_source=quote_of_the_day) South African writer Nadine Gordimer (born November 20, 1923) was heavily involved in the anti-apartheid movement. She helped Nelson Mandela edit his famous speech "I Am Prepared to Die"—and when Mandela was finally released from prison, she was one of the first people he asked to see.