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• I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.

  Alan Paton

  Men, Hands, Cry The Beloved Country

  Alan Paton (2003). “Cry, the Beloved Country”, p.194, Simon and Schuster

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• And were your back as broad as heaven, and your purse full of gold, and did your compassion reach from here to hell itself, there is nothing you can do.

  Alan Paton

  Compassion, Heaven, Gold

  Alan Paton (2003). “Cry, the Beloved Country”, p.62, Simon and Schuster

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• One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.

  Alan Paton

  House, Soul, One Day

  Alan Paton (2003). “Cry, the Beloved Country”, p.29, Simon and Schuster

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• There is a man sleeping in the grass. And over him is gathering the greatest storm of all his days. Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction. People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger. 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 Paton

  Home, Sleep, Past

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• All roads lead to Johannesburg.

  Alan Paton

  Johannesburg

  Alan Paton (2003). “Cry, the Beloved Country”, p.47, Simon and Schuster

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• Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.

  Alan Paton

  Forgiving

  Alan Paton (2003). “Cry, the Beloved Country”, p.201, Simon and Schuster

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• There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.

  Alan Paton

  Running, Lovely, Cry The Beloved Country

  Alan Paton (2003). “Cry, the Beloved Country”, p.2, Simon and Schuster

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• The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.

  Alan Paton

  Nowhere To Go

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• Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.

  Alan Paton

  Names, Rivers, Cry The Beloved Country

  Alan Paton (2003). “Cry, the Beloved Country”, p.56, Simon and Schuster

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• And money is not something to go mad about ... Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children.

  Alan Paton

  Money, Children, Clothes

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• Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.

  Alan Paton

  Earth, Enough, Johannesburg

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• For who can stop the heart from breaking?

  Alan Paton

  Heart

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• If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn't concern the central issues, it wouldn't be worth publishing.

  Alan Paton

  Issues, Novel, Concern

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• For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.

  Alan Paton

  Giving, Unborn Child, Too Much

  Felicia Komai, Alan Paton (1955). “Cry, the beloved country: a verse drama”

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