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 PATONIf you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn’t concern the central issues, it wouldn’t be worth publishing.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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Cry for the broken tribe, for the law and the custom that is gone. Aye, and cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved.
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Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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For who can stop the heart from breaking?
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We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.
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When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.
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It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.
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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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