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...Perhaps part of the secret of leading a life in which you would not always be worrying about things, or complaining about them, was to accept that ...more

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He evidently did not care that they were in full view of a cluster of dog-owners walking their dogs. He stopped and took her in his arms, kissing her ...more

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She had always understood that love could have an intense physical effect; could fill a space somewhere in the chest, could turn knees weak, could rai...more

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we must love those with whom we live and work, and love them for all their failings, manifest and manifold though they be.

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She brought a chair into the room and placed it alongside the top of his bed. Then she held his hand as he drifted off to sleep. It was so small in he...more

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A photograph may speak to the photographer's envy or disappointment just as much as it may reveal his anger or disapproval. And even if a photograph r...more

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That of all people, it should be him; that took her aback. That the heart should settle on somebody like him; that surprised her. But she was so certa...more

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Go to any small village anywhere in the world, and see what they remember. Everything. It's all there -- passed on like a precious piece of informatio...more

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Regular maps have few surprises: their contour lines reveal where the Andes are, and are reasonably clear. More precious, though, are the unpublished ...more

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If she was going to remain an engaged lady, then she would make the most of it, and one of the ways to do this would be to enjoy her free time.

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And if there's bad behaviour," Mma Potokwane went on. "If there's bad behaviour, the quickest way of stopping it is to give more love. That always wor...more

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Moral beauty existed as clearly as any other form of beauty and perhaps that was where we could find the God who was so vividly, and sometimes bizarre...more

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She did not think that those who were late, or the ancestors themselves, would wish punishment upon us, no matter what our transgressions. It was far ...more

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It was time to take the pumpkin out of the pot and eat it. In the final analysis, that was what solved these big problems of life. You could think and...more

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We act out our lives to a soundtrack, thought Isabel, the music that becomes, for a spell, out favourite and is listened to again and again until it s...more