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Sadness and fear and hate, how they well up in the heart and mind, whenever one opens pages of these messengers of doom.

Alan Paton

I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
ALAN PATON

All God Hand His Man Sinful Well
For who can stop the heart from breaking?
ALAN PATON

Break Heart Stop
Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
ALAN PATON

Clothes Comfort Food Money Picture Visit
The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
ALAN PATON

Being Came Creator Ground Holy
We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.
ALAN PATON

Men Work
Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
ALAN PATON

All Forgive Trespass Us
Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
ALAN PATON

Born Buy Earth Fruit Land Money
St. Francis of Assisi taught me that there is a wound in the Creation and that the greatest use we could make of our lives was to ask to be made a healer of it.
ALAN PATON

Country Creation Great Healer Make Taught Use Wound
Let me not be afraid to defend the weak because of the anger of the strong, nor afraid to defend the poor because of the anger of the rich.
ALAN PATON

Afraid Anger Defend Let Poor Strong Weak
When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
ALAN PATON

Dep Done Forgive Injury Recover Until
Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom.
ALAN PATON

Book Hard Human Many Struggle Understand Wisdom Write
For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
ALAN PATON

Fear Give Much Rob Too
Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
ALAN PATON

Deep Good Here Something Touch
In the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest, there is a leaf that falls.
ALAN PATON

Against Deserted Forest Harbour Lap Quay Silent Tap
It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
ALAN PATON

Been Could Dwell Habit never
Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
ALAN PATON

Enough No One People Second

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