Alexander-mccall-smith Quotes

What we have, we all must lose—that applied to everything, even to that which we thought we had the ...

…there is faith and faith. One form of faith is actual practice—the rituals and so on—the other form...

She had always understood that love could have an intense physical effect; could fill a space somewh...

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

Can you forgive her? Can you do that?There was no response.Because if you can start to forgive, then...

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

People don’t talk about mercy very much these days—it has a rather old-fashioned ring to it. but it ...

…one of those dreadful boarding schools. It was down on the South Coast. I think some very unpleasan...

…did it make a difference if the remark never got back to the person about whom it was made? She tho...

Human history seems to me to be one long story of people sweeping down—or up, I suppose—replacing ot...

It shall be an offence for any man, either a husband or other person of the male sex, married or oth...

She was proud of her build, which was in accordance with the old Botswana ideas of beauty, and she w...

I shall go and sit under a tree…. Which tree, Mma?... Oh, there are many trees in this life, she sai...

There is a tidal wave of ignorance, Mma Ramotswe. It is a great tidal wave and it will drown all of ...

It was a voice that you felt you had to listen to—or you ignored at your peril.

Men, she thought, were odd about their clothes: they liked to wear the same things until they became...

There was a great deal of progress being made, right under their noses, particularly in Africa, and ...