Shyla Strathman

“The problem, of course, was that people did not seem to understand the difference between right and wrong. They needed to be reminded about this, because if you left it to them to work out for themselves, they would never bother. They would just find out what was best for them, and then they would call that the right thing. That's how most people thought.”
― Alexander McCall Smith, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

“His life was unrecorded; who is there to write down the lives of ordinary people?”
― Alexander McCall Smith, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

“We are the ones who first ploughed the earth when Modise (God) made it,” ran an old Setswana poem. “We were the ones who made the food. We are the ones who look after the men when they are little boys, when they are young men, and when they are old and about to die. We are always there. But we are just women, and nobody sees us.”
― Alexander McCall Smith, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

“There are many words for push, take, shove, carry, load, and no words for love, or happiness, or the sounds which birds make in the morning.”
― Alexander McCall Smith, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency