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...Perhaps part of the secret of leading a life in which you would not always be worrying about things, or complaining about them, was to accept that ...more

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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—noth...more

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…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.

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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 rai...more

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…the world was a vale of tears—it always had been.

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Tolerance was like one of those soothing creams—it drew out inflammation, it did away with the pain.

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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

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Great feuds often need very few words to resolve them. Disputes, even between nations, between peoples, can be set to rest with simple acts of contrit...more

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She would not allow herself to remember how Note had treated her, and many others too, she suspected. She had forgiven him, yes, but she still did not...more

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She did not think that those who were late, or the ancestors themselves, would wish punishment upon us, no matter what our transgressions. It was far ...more

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…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 disto...more

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…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 utte...more

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Human history seems to me to be one long story of people sweeping down—or up, I suppose—replacing other people in the process.

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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 thr...more

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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....more