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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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He smiled as he imagined the composite Jamie/Isabel, who would play the bassoon, read philosophy, interfere in other people's affairs rather too much,...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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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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The previously unloved may find it hard to believe that they are now loved; that is such a miracle, they feel; such a miracle.

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She hoped that her baby was happy and would be waiting for her when she herself left Botswana and went to heaven. Would Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni get round ...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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Out in Saxe-Coburg Street she stood still for a moment and looked at the gardens. He kissed me, she thought. He made the move; I didn't. The thought w...more