Sadness and fear and hate, how they well up in the heart and mind, whenever one opens pages of these messengers of doom.
ALAN PATONWhat broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
More Alan Paton Quotes
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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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Happy the eyes that can close
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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 truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching of possessions.
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Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
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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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For who can stop the heart from breaking?
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If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn’t concern the central issues, it wouldn’t be worth publishing.
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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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The tragedy is that things are not mended again.
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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.
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Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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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.
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For mines are for men, not for money. And money is not something to go mad about, and throw your hat into the air for.
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