The tragedy is not that things are broken.
ALAN PATON
ALAN PATON
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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.
Alan PatonAlan Paton Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
Alan PatonAlan Paton Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that’s the inheritor of our fear.
Alan PatonAlan Paton Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
Alan PatonAlan Paton 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.
Alan PatonAlan Paton And whether they do not see him there in the grass, or whether they fear to halt even a moment, but they do not wake him, they let him be.
Alan PatonAlan Paton Life has not taught me to expect nothing, but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors.
Alan PatonAlan Paton Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
Alan PatonAlan Paton There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
Alan PatonAlan Paton These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
Alan PatonAlan Paton The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
Alan PatonAlan Paton Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
Alan PatonAlan Paton There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
Alan PatonAlan Paton What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
Alan PatonAlan Paton I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
Alan PatonAlan Paton For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.
Alan PatonAlan Paton
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Sadness shoots a bullet straight at your heart and love buys you time.
Shelby CaudleShelby Caudle Do you think it possible that some people are born to give more love than they will ever get back in return?
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson It’s been a long time since we said goodbye and yet the echoes of it are still ringing in our ears.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki In this wilderness, Mankind is the animal I fear.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt We can always walk with them in the rain instead of just lending an umbrella.
Leon MarshLeon Marsh Flowers only wither to bloom again. So shall you break, only to be whole again.
Fareena AliyaFareena Aliya What do you do when the passion burns out? Start another fire.
Jonny OxJonny Ox To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel When an unbaked pot is broken, the potter can use the mud to make a new one; but when a baked one is broken, he cannot do the same any longer
RamakrishnaRamakrishna Remember: Life is short, break the rules (they were made to be broken) Forgive quickly, kiss slowly Love truly, laugh uncontrollably And never regret anything that makes you smile.
James DeanJames Dean Even when muddy your wings sparkle bright wonders that heal broken worlds.
AberjhaniAberjhani I turn to right and left, in all the earth I see no signs of justice, sense or worth: A man does evil deeds, and all his days Are filled with luck and universal praise; Another’s good in all he does – he dies A wretched, broken man whom all despise.
FerdowsiFerdowsi The word ‘survivor’ carries a weight of remembrance that has broken the minds and bodies of more than a few men and women.
AberjhaniAberjhani Oh what a wonderful soul so bright inside you. Got power to heal the sun’s broken heart, power to restore the moon’s vision too.
AberjhaniAberjhani I’m one-hundred-fifty miles off Cape Horn, both autopilots are broken, and my boat is drifting toward one of the nastiest chunks of ocean on the face of the earth.
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