There were two classes of persons upon whom a duty of virtually absolute confidentiality rested: doctors and lovers.
Alexander McCall SmithMma Ramotswe sighed. 'We are all tempted, Mma. We are all tempted when it comes to cake.'
That is true,' said Mma Potokwane sadly. 'There are many temptations in this life, but cake is probably one of the biggest of them.
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This was a townscape raised in the teeth of cold winds from the east; a city of winding cobbled streets and haughty pillars; a city of dark nights and candlelight, and intellect.
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Which is how most people acted when it came to temptation. They gave in. And we should never forget, thought Isabel, that every one of us is capable of doing the same thing if the game that we see for ourselves is large enough.
Alexander McCall SmithHow many of us are happy to be exactly where we are at any moment?...only the completely happy think that they are in the correct place.
Alexander McCall SmithIt was easy to be moral when that was the way you felt anyway. The hard bit about morality was making yourself feel the opposite of what you really felt.
Alexander McCall SmithThe point about love, the essential point, was that we loved what we loved. We did not choose. We just loved.
Alexander McCall SmithShe felt that she had revealed something to Cat, and with revealing something about oneself there always comes a sense of lightening of the load that we all carry; the load of being ourselves.
Alexander McCall SmithThat, said Isabel, is the most painful feature of lost love. you wonder what the other person is doing. Right at this moment. What is he/she doing?
Alexander McCall SmithIt's a different sort of love taht puts up with illness. Old love.
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