Alan Paton Quotes

For Who Can Stop The Heart From Breaking?

All Roads Lead To Johannesburg.

Something Deep Is Touched Here, Something That Is Good And Deep.

I Am A Weak And Sinful Man, But God Put His Hands On Me, That Is All.

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.

It Is Not Permissible For Us To Go On Destroying The Family Life When We Know That We Are Destroying It.

For Fear Will Rob Him Of All If He Gives Too Much.

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.

If You Wrote A Novel In South Africa Which Didn't Concern The Central Issues, It Wouldn't Be Worth Publishing.

Nosecond Johannesburg Isneededuponthe Earth.one Is Enough.

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.

Although Nothing Has Come Yet, Something Is Here Already.