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People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.

Alan Paton

Sadness and fear and hate, how they well up in the heart and mind, whenever one opens pages of these messengers of doom.
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Doom Fear Hate Hell Messenger Mind Open Sadness
It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
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Been Could Dwell Habit never
I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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Beautiful Face Land Question
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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Afraid Anger Defend Let Poor Strong Weak
I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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Christian Free Suffer Thought
The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law.
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Judge Law Make People
Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
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Behind Eat Fool Nothing Panel Polish Wood
Happy the eyes that can close
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Close Eye Happy One Liner
There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Hill Into Lovely Road Run Xopo
Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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Enough No One People Second
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.
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Hard Obedient Open Other Perhaps Quiet School Too Wear Work
But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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Always Better Enrich Fear Impoversih Sorrow
There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
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All Fall Much Now Silence Talk
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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Can God Heal Hill Music Name Now River Such Thank
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.
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Country Envision Great Peaceful Pride Someday Soulful Tak World
But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
ALAN PATON

Kindness Learn Love Pain Pay Suffer

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