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What we have, we all must lose—that applied to everything, even to that which we thought we had the greatest right. We were tenants of this earth—noth...more

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…there is faith and faith. One form of faith is actual practice—the rituals and so on—the other form of faith involves actually believing in it.

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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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…the world was a vale of tears—it always had been.

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Can you forgive her? Can you do that?There was no response.Because if you can start to forgive, then it will become easier.And?And then you will be ab...more

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Tolerance was like one of those soothing creams—it drew out inflammation, it did away with the pain.

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People don’t talk about mercy very much these days—it has a rather old-fashioned ring to it. but it exists and its power is quite extraordinary

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Men can be teenagers until well into their twenties. That is well known

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If we let the men talk about them and decide them, then suddenly we wake up and find out that the men have made all the decisions, and these decisions...more

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He will be a small man inside," said Mma Ramotswe. "He will feel small and unimportant. That is why he needs to put ladies down, Mma. Men who are big ...more

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Men are very sensitive, Mma Makutsi. You would not always think it to look at them, but they are. They do not like you to point out that they are wron...more

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Boys, men," she said. "They're all the same. They think that this [their manhood] is something special and they're all so proud of it. They do not kno...more

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You should have seen him,” she said. “A real ladies’ man. Stuff in his hair. Dark glasses. Fancy shoes. He had no idea how funny he looked. I much pre...more

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…one of those dreadful boarding schools. It was down on the South Coast. I think some very unpleasant things happened there…. So many lives were disto...more

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…did it make a difference if the remark never got back to the person about whom it was made? She thought not. The harm is done when the words are utte...more