Athol Fugard said this quote

“ You can't legislate into existence an act of forgiveness and a true confession; those are mysteries of the human heart, and they occur between one individual and another individual, not a panel of judges sitting asking questions, trying to test your truth. ”

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Love is the only energy I’ve ever used as a writer. I’ve never written out of anger, although anger has informed love.

~ Athol Fugard

Yes! That's what all our talk about a decent world has been... just so much bullshit.We did say it was still only a dream.And a bloody useless one at that. Life's a fuck-up and it's never going to change.

~ Athol Fugard

Anybody who thinks there's nothing wrong with this world needs to have his head examined. Just when things are going all right, without fail someone or something will come along and spoil everything. Somebody should write that down as a fundamental law of the Universe. The principle of perpetual disappointment. If there is a God who created this world, he should scrap it and try again.

~ Athol Fugard

Be careful, Hally.Of what? The truth? I seem to be the only one around here who is prepared to face it.

~ Athol Fugard