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

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But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves,...

But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves,...

The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and that's why he would rather destroy himself than...

The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and that's why he would rather destroy himself than...

What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?

What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?

I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned...

I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned...

To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as...

To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as...

I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they (the whites...

I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they (the whites...

God forgives us... who am I not to forgive?

God forgives us... who am I not to forgive?

You ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.

You ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.

When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.

When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.

When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive

When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive

Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Wise men write many books,...

Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Wise men write many books,...

There is only one way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and...

There is only one way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and...

I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride,...

I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride,...

What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?

What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?

Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear....

Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear....

Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?... Wise men write many books,...

Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?... Wise men write many books,...

I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride,...

I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride,...

The country is governed for the richest, for the corporations, the bankers, the land speculators,...

The country is governed for the richest, for the corporations, the bankers, the land speculators,...

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline -...

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline -...

Even as a tree has a single trunk, but many branches and leaves, there is...

Even as a tree has a single trunk, but many branches and leaves, there is...

Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy

Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy