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“She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.”
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One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.
Alan PatonAlan Paton I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.
Alan PatonAlan Paton Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
Alan PatonAlan Paton Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that’s the inheritor of our fear.
Alan PatonAlan Paton Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
Alan PatonAlan Paton But perhaps when you were too obedient, and did not do openly what others did, and were quiet in church and hard-working at school.
Alan PatonAlan Paton And whether they do not see him there in the grass, or whether they fear to halt even a moment, but they do not wake him, they let him be.
Alan PatonAlan Paton Life has not taught me to expect nothing, but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors.
Alan PatonAlan Paton Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
Alan PatonAlan Paton There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
Alan PatonAlan Paton These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
Alan PatonAlan Paton The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
Alan PatonAlan Paton Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
Alan PatonAlan Paton There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
Alan PatonAlan Paton What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
Alan PatonAlan Paton I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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