There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
ALAN PATONSorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.
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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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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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When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.
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There is a man sleeping in the grass. And over him is gathering the greatest storm of all his days.
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Happy the eyes that can close
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When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
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The only way in which one can make endurable man’s inhumanity to man.
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These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue
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Then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.
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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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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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