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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 raise the pulse; could intoxicate, just as could a...”
“People dont talk about mercy very much these daysit has a rather old-fashioned ring to it. but it exists and its power is quite extraordinary”
“the world was a vale of tearsit always had been.”
“She was proud of her build, which was in accordance with the old Botswana ideas of beauty, and she would not pander to the modern idea of slenderness. That was an importation from elsewhere, and it...”
“Human history seems to me to be one long story of people sweeping downor up, I supposereplacing other people in the process.”
“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 able to forgive yourselfand ask others to forgive...”
“Men, she thought, were odd about their clothes: they liked to wear the same things until they became defeated and threadbare.”
“It shall be an offence for any man, either a husband or other person of the male sex, married or otherwise, being over the age of twelve years, to throw any item of clothing having been worn by the...”
“There is a tidal wave of ignorance, Mma Ramotswe. It is a great tidal wave and it will drown all of us if we are not careful.”
“What we have, we all must losethat applied to everything, even to that which we thought we had the greatest right. We were tenants of this earthnothing more.”
“there is faith and faith. One form of faith is actual practicethe rituals and so onthe other form of faith involves actually believing in it.”
“Tolerance was like one of those soothing creamsit drew out inflammation, it did away with the pain.”
“I shall go and sit under a tree. Which tree, Mma?... Oh, there are many trees in this life, she said. It does not matter which tree you choose, as long as you choose the right one.”
“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 uttered: that is the act of belittlement, the act of...”
“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 distorted by such cruelty. I know so many men who had ...”
“Human history seems to me to be one long story of people sweeping down—or up, I suppose—replacing other people in the process.”
“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”
“…the world was a vale of tears—it always had been.”
“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—nothing more.”
“…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.”
