In the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest, there is a leaf that falls.
ALAN PATONNow God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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The tragedy is that things are not mended again.
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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that’s the inheritor of our fear.
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When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.
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It is not permissible to add to one’s possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men.
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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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Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
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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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