Quote of the Day > January 11, 2017
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The South African author and anti-apartheid activist Alan Paton (January 11, 1903-April 12, 1988) is best known for the 1948 novel Cry, The Beloved Country, his international bestseller that highlights the divisions and racial injustice across South African society that would give rise to apartheid. After this novel Paton became a full-time writer.

Alan Paton
“I have always found that actively loving
saves one from a morbid preoccupation
with the shortcomings of society.”
Alan Paton