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Everybody knows, she thought, that we have a skeleton underneath our skin; there's no reason to show it — Alexander McCall Smith

It's because there are too many people who want to stop us having fun. That's the reason. — Alexander McCall Smith

The saddest part of life will never be about you, but about someone else's death. The — Dinah McCall

Put McCall and I together and nothing can stop us. ...
That's what he wanted. A woman to stand by him and conquer whatever they set their mind to. — Robin Bielman

A society that undermined its teachers and their authority only dug away at its own sure foundations. — Alexander McCall Smith

Myth is a cloud based upon a shadow based upon the movement of the breeze. — Alexander McCall Smith

Football is the priority, even more than school. Art is frowned upon. I had to sneak music in. — Kevin McCall

Simple questions
and simple answers
were what we needed in life. That was what Mma Ramotswe believed. Yes. — Alexander McCall Smith

And the pomegranates,/
like memories, are bittersweet/
as we huddle together,/
remembering just how good/
life used to be — Guadalupe Garcia McCall

Talking about pumpkins doesn't make them grow. — Alexander McCall Smith

It's so difficult to sustain a fatwa,' said Domenica. 'One has to be so enthusiastic. I'm not sure if I could find the moral energy myself. — Alexander McCall Smith

Well, that's the important thing, isn't it, Mma? To feel happiness, and then to remember it. — Alexander McCall Smith

It was easy to make a difference to other people's lives, so easy to change the little room in which people lived their life. — Alexander McCall Smith

that weddings are far more than marriage ceremonies; we know that they are occasions for family stock-taking and catharsis; that — Alexander McCall Smith

He agreed with David Hockney that an artist really had to be able to draw before anything else could be achieved. — Alexander McCall Smith

I am easily persuaded to continue to have fun. — Alexander McCall Smith

Botswana is actually very peaceful. It's democratic. It never was in debt. They've been fortunate, they've had diamonds. — Alexander McCall Smith

Painters aren't expected to paint bleak pictures, are they? — Alexander McCall Smith

Time, she felt, made quite enough claims on us, without our conniving in its relentless tyranny. — Alexander McCall Smith

Trust your nose, but make sure it's pointing in the right direction. — Alexander McCall Smith

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

A kind word, a word of encouragement or admiration, could shift the heaviest, most recalcitrant baggage. — Alexander McCall Smith

He didn't care whose league Jordan was in. All that mattered was that she was his. — Julie James

Let's not have a sniffle, let's have a jolly good cry And always remember, the longer you live, the sooner you jolly well die. — Alexander McCall Smith

There were times when life's problems were convincingly outweighed by its possibilities, and this, she felt, was one. — Alexander McCall Smith

But then men do not see things the same way we do, she thought. They have different eyes. — Alexander McCall Smith

Leave them," said Isabel. "Jamie can iron them himself. It's very therapeutic for men to iron. Therapeutic for women, that is. — Alexander McCall Smith

the finding of a cargo of whisky was, in a sense, like the finding by the Israelites of manna in the wilderness. And — Alexander McCall Smith

International business, once allowed to stalk uncontrolled, killed the local, the small, the quirky. — Alexander McCall Smith

The unmerited dislike of another made one think less of oneself. We are enlarged by the love of others; we are diminished by their dislike. — Alexander McCall Smith

A man don't always have to eat what he's standing life. If he wants, a man can fix a meal of his own choosing. — Nathan McCall

You say that you lost your child. You know how I feel then. You know that, don't you? It's a sadness that never goes away. — Alexander McCall Smith

A very powerful theme in fiction is that of loss. — Alexander McCall Smith

If your ceiling should fall down, then you have lost a room, but gained a courtyard. Think of it that way. — Alexander McCall Smith

It would be wonderful, she thought, to write a book which would help other people. — Alexander McCall Smith

Ishmael had the posture of a classic general; the intellect of a cab driver. — Jarrett McCall

But some of us cannot see love, she said to herself, even when it is there, right before us, asking us to invite it in. — Alexander McCall Smith

We are very keen to disapprove. — Alexander McCall Smith

The Okavango Delta is an astonishing sight: the great Okavango River, rather than flow towards the sea, flows inland, into the sands of the Kalahari. — Alexander McCall Smith

Wherever I go in the world, people all know about Scotland Street and are always asking me about what's going to happen to the characters next. — Alexander McCall Smith

That was the marvelous thing about going back to one's roots; there was no need for explanation. — Alexander McCall Smith

I have the luxury, I suppose, of being self-employed. But I know what it's like to apply for jobs. — Alexander McCall Smith

Skyline reveals a city's purpose and character. Oxford had its dreaming spires; Manhattan its glittering towers; Edinburgh its eccentric spikes. — Alexander McCall Smith

We change the earth and our changes may only be temporary; yet the signs of what we have done may persist, as these mounds did. — Alexander McCall Smith

You haven't offended me at all. You've made me think. That's all. — Alexander McCall Smith

You have to leave your heart to get on with it. It's rather like breathing. We don't have to remind ourselves to breathe. — Alexander McCall Smith

One of the drawbacks to being a philosopher was that you became aware of what you should not do, and — Alexander McCall Smith

Believe me, there's nothing more brittle than human beauty. Encounter it. Savour it, by all means. Then watch how it turns to dust. — Alexander McCall Smith

But who doesn't have a lot of unread books? It's nice, though, to know they are there. — Alexander McCall Smith

She's sociopathic. She will have no moral compunction in doing whatever is in her interests. It's as simple as that. — Alexander McCall Smith

Heroes are not giant statues framed against a red sky. They are people who say: This is my community, and it's my responsibility to make it better. — Tom McCall

With a chuckle, Jack mumbled under his breath to Nick. 'It's like watching the preppy, well-bred versions of you and me trash-talking. — Julie James

Do you realise that people die of boredom in London suburbs? It's the second biggest cause of death amongs the English in general. Sheer boredom ... — Alexander McCall Smith

The size of one's house might bear a relationship to the size of one's opinion of oneself, but it had nothing to do with one's real worth. — Alexander McCall Smith

I have three older sisters, so we were a reasonably large family and, in general, a happy one. — Alexander McCall Smith

Living Word. God's word is not a dead letter. The life of His nature in His word also makes me live when I receive it and act on it with faith. — Louis McCall

Sometimes it's best to take things down and start all over again. It's the way of the world. — Guadalupe Garcia McCall

There are so many things we take in subconsciously and are unaware we ever saw. There is plenty of lumber like that in our minds. — Alexander McCall Smith

So here's the question," Melinda led in. "Who's Tall, Dark and Smoldering? — Julie James

But he'll never be fully recognised, because Scots literature these days is all about complaining and moaning and being injured in one's soul. — Alexander McCall Smith

That's the way things are, don't you think? It's human nature. We do things for people we know. Everybody does that. — Alexander McCall Smith

It's through the small things that we develop our moral imagination, so that we can understand the sufferings of others. — Alexander McCall Smith

All of us had a view from somewhere — Alexander McCall Smith

There's a difference, I think, between falling in love and knowing it. — Alexander McCall Smith

The weakest would be put out of service rather than be allowed to compromise the whole system. — Frances McCall Rosenbluth

The local community is very important in one's life; the feelings of identification with a place and people. — Alexander McCall Smith

The winds must come from somewhere when they blow ... There must be reasons why the leaves decay.
(From Auden's If I Could Tell You — Alexander McCall Smith

It was always a mistake, she thought, to dwell on the cause of one's anger. — Alexander McCall Smith

The world could be standing still, and we'd all be just as dizzy. — Guadalupe Garcia McCall

I'm interested in character and dialogue and exchange of ideas. — Alexander McCall Smith

Was particularly hard for women now, when there were so many children left without — Alexander McCall Smith

An idea? An idea won't get you nothing but another idea. You need money, cash, to make anything happen in this doggone world. — Nathan McCall

Writing fiction, I really just sit there and it just comes. — Alexander McCall Smith

Any author of fiction will tell you that characters don't need to be told what to do. — Alexander McCall Smith

It's really rather easy to write eighth-century Chinese poetry," said Angus Lordie. "In English, of course. It requires little effort, I find. — Alexander McCall Smith

If we were all responsible for the misdeeds of the governments that represent us, thought Isabel, then the moral burden would be just too great. — Alexander McCall Smith

To lose your own language was like forgetting your mother, and as sad, in a way. — Alexander McCall Smith

Serial novels have an unexpected effect; they hook the writer as well as the reader. — Alexander McCall Smith

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 — Alexander McCall Smith

As a writer, you have to realize that people want to like the characters, so you have to be careful to keep them involved. — Alexander McCall Smith

You can't have a cohesive society without a shared culture. — Alexander McCall Smith

This is a city of shifting light, of changing skies, of sudden vistas. A city so beautiful it breaks the heart again and again. — Alexander McCall Smith

It was a pink sort of smell- a smell that seemed to get bigger as you smelled it and then burst, just like the popping of a bubble — Alexander McCall Smith

You can't deceive your own mother. That's the one person, the only one, to whom you will always be transparent. — Alexander McCall Smith

Portraiture has its risks, and I suppose a dissident Free Presbyterian fatwa is one of them. — Alexander McCall Smith

DOING THE DONKEY WORK — Alexander McCall Smith

Manfred's interventions, he thought, had all the characteristics of radio jamming, designed to stop anybody else talking. — Alexander McCall Smith

The danger, of course, is that we spend time imagining that we would be happier elsewhere, and forget to cultivate happiness where fate has placed us. — Alexander McCall Smith

This activist loves Oregon more than he loves life. — Tom McCall

Contemplating this vast human suffering, you might be tempted to shrug your shoulders, but you could not. — Alexander McCall Smith

Violins sang, brass crowed, while bassoons, she felt, rumbled according to a Richter scale all of their own. Charlie — Alexander McCall Smith

The telling of a story, like virtually everything in this life, was always made all the easier by a cup of tea. — Alexander McCall Smith

A nudist? In Edinburgh? Does he realise what parallel we're on? — Alexander McCall Smith

... the world was a vale of tears - it always had been. — Alexander McCall Smith

The rules of the jungle did not apply to those who wrote the rules of the jungle. — Alexander McCall Smith

Being Mexican ... means being there for each other. It's togetherness, like a familia. We should be helping one another, cheering our friends on. — Guadalupe Garcia McCall

Africa had a way of coming back and simply covering everything up again. — Alexander McCall Smith

It's a different sort of love taht puts up with illness. Old love. — Alexander McCall Smith

I've also long since realized that the way to really engage children is to give out prizes; it's amazing how it concentrates their minds. — Alexander McCall Smith

Women are the ones who knows what's going on,' she said quietly . 'They are the ones with eyes. Have you not heard of Agatha Christie? — Alexander McCall Smith