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Then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.

Alan Paton

If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn’t concern the central issues, it wouldn’t be worth publishing.
ALAN PATON

Central Concern Country Novel Publish Ussie Worth Wrote
These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
ALAN PATON

Beyond Covered Grass Love Roll Sing
Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.
ALAN PATON

Fear Give Heart Mountain Much Nor Rob Valley
Happy the eyes that can close
ALAN PATON

Close Eye Happy One Liner
What broke when he could bring himself to thrust down the knife into the warm flesh, to bring down the axe on the living head, to cleave down between the seeing eyes, to shoot the gun that would drive death into the beating heart?
ALAN PATON

Beat Broke Death Down Flesh Heart Knife Living Thrust
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
Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
ALAN PATON

Ever Except Foot Nothing Quiet
I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will be making its own creative contribution.
ALAN PATON

Country Envision Great Peaceful Pride Someday Soulful Tak World
I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
ALAN PATON

Beautiful Face Land Question
There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
ALAN PATON

Completely Love One Only Power Thing
Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
ALAN PATON

Die Know Live Struggle
When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
ALAN PATON

Afraid House Man Storm Threaten
It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.
ALAN PATON

Belief Fear Love Only Power Resist
When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
ALAN PATON

Dep Done Forgive Injury Recover Until
Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
ALAN PATON

As Development Exploit Name Such True
It is not permissible to add to one’s possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men.
ALAN PATON

Cost Done Men One Other Permissible Possession These Thing

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