"The thought of Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni nursing secret, unfulfilled ambitions saddened Mma Ramotswe, as did the thought of…"

"Any extreme political creed brought only darkness in the long run; it lit up nothing. The best politics were those of…"

"Every small wrong, every minor act of cruelty, every act of petty bullying was symbolic of a greater wrong. And if we…"

"Late people talk to us, she thought; they talk to us, but most of the time we are not listening because we are so bus…"

"The sentiment sounded trite, but then didn’t most good sentiments sound trite? It was hard to make goodness – and goo…"

"What else does a detective agency really need? Detective agencies rely on human intuition and intelligence, both of w…"

"Everything you wanted to know about a person was written in the face, she believed. It’s not that she believed that t…"

"The maid glanced at her employer. "Oh, you have heard of me," she said. "I am glad that he speaks of me. I would not …"

"When we love others, we naturally want to talk about them, we want to show them off, like emotional trophies. We inve…"

"It is not enough just to identify a problem; there are plenty of people who were very skilled at pointing out what wa…"