Quote by: Alan Paton

Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply... For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.


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Author Bio


  • NameAlan Paton
  • DescriptionSouth African writer and activist
  • AliasesAlan Patton; Alan Stewart Paton
  • BornJanuary 11, 1903
  • DiedApril 12, 1988
  • CountrySouth Africa
  • ProfessionWriter; Autobiographer
  • AwardsOrder Of Ikhamanga