Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that's the inheritor of our fear. 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… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
“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. Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet,… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
“He is a missionary and believes in God, intensely I mean, but it takes all kinds to make a world.” — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
“All roads lead to Johannesburg. If you are white or if you are black they lead to Johannesburg. If the crops fail, there is… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
“There's a hard law, mejuffrou, that when a deep injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive.” — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and that's why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate. — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
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 Paton Copy Share Image
For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing. — 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 has come… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
“In a land of fear... incorruptibility is like a lamp set upon a stand, giving light to all in the house.” — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
“Something within me is waking from long sleep, and I want to live and move again. Some zest is returning to me, some immense… — 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 the pictures.… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
“Would age now swiftly overtake him? Would this terrible nodding last now for all his days, so that men said aloud in his presence,… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival. When the storm threatens, a man… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
