“All roads lead to Johannesburg. If you are white or if you are black they lead to Johannesburg. If the crops fail,… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
“Indeed, there is something in this valley, some spirit and some life, and much to talk about in the huts. Although nothing… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
And money is not something to go mad about ... Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
“I see only one hope for our country, and that is when white men and black men, desiring neither power nor money,… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich. — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
“Have you a room that you could let?" "Yes, I have a room that I could let, but I do not want… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal. — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills. These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
“It was to the small serious boy that he turned for his enjoyment. He had bought the child some cheap wooden blocks,… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that's the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply.… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator. Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
“Indeed, mother, you are always our helper." "For what else are we born?” — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
“Who indeed knows the secret of the earthly pilgrimage? Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Who knows what… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
“They were your friends?" "Yes, they were my friends." "And they will leave you to suffer alone?" "Now I see it." "And… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
It is not permissible to add to one's possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men.… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
