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, then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.
Alan Patonbecause life slips away, and because I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false to me, a compass that will not lie.
Alan PatonOne day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.
Alan PatonThe Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
Alan Paton