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There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.

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Alan Paton
Age: 85 †
Born: 1903
Born: January 11
Died: 1988
Died: April 12
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Autobiographer
Politician
Screenwriter
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Alan Patton
Alan Stewart Paton
Alen Peṭon
Love
Completely
Power
Thing

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Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival. When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house. But when the house is destroyed, there is something to do. About a storm he can do nothing, but he can rebuild a house.
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