Alexander McCall Smith, The Woman Who Walked In Sunshine Quotes

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

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

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.

There was a great deal of progress being made, right under their noses, particularly in Africa, and this progress was good. Life was much harder for tyrants than it had been before.

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.