6/23/2023 0 Comments Alan paton first novel![]() ![]() ![]() To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.Because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power. But there is only one thing that has power completely, and this is love.For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much. ![]() Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing, nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. 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. Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear.These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it. There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.Three Quotes from Cry, The Beloved Country Alan Paton was born 11 January 1903, and died 12 April 1988. ![]()
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