Here you go:
"Who indeed knows thesecret of the earthly pilgrimage? Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Who knows what keeps us living and struggling, while all things break about us? Who knows why the warm flesh of a child is such comfort, when one's own child is lost and cannot be recovered? Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom.
Oh God, my God, do not Thou forsake me."
~page 94, Cry, The Beloved Country
by Alan Paton
So I don't have to for Orientation or anything, but I really want to read this book. Worth it?
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Yes. Most definitely. I'm not done with it yet, but it's really interesting. The Introduction says that Paton was influenced by John Steinbeck's style in "The Grapes of Wrath" and you can definitely see that. I recommend it.
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