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 Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
Alan PatonAlan Paton People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
Alan PatonAlan Paton One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue
Alan PatonAlan Paton Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire.
Alan PatonAlan Paton What broke when he could bring himself to thrust down the knife into the warm flesh, to bring down the axe on the living head, to cleave down between the seeing eyes, to shoot the gun that would drive death into the beating heart?
Alan PatonAlan Paton It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.
Alan PatonAlan Paton For our Lord suffered. And I come to believe that he suffered, not to save us from suffering, but to teach us how to bear suffering. For he knew that there is no life without suffering.
Alan PatonAlan Paton Love is mostly easy at night, it is morning you got to learn about.
Leon MarshLeon Marsh You can find beauty in the darkest of places. Be the light, my love. Bring smiles to their faces.
Aletheia LiolaAletheia Liola This fearless heart is trapped between these anxious walls of my worried mind.
CindyCindy Don’t push away your emotions too hard, remember they can push back if held for too long.
SargamSargam To choose a plain life, I choose neither to lose and nor do I gain, If happiness is not in my destiny, I refuse to accept pain.
Astha SrivastavaAstha Srivastava Steal back your heart – self-love.
Mona-LiseMona-Lise
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