“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?”
― The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
― The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
“Mma Ramotswe did not like lying, but sometimes it was necessary, particularly when faced with people who were promoted beyond their talents.”
― The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
― The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
“every man has a map in his heart of his own country and that the heart will never allow you to forget this map. (p. 18)”
― The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
― The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
“There was so much suffering in Africa that it was tempting just to shrug your shoulders and walk away. But you can't do that, she thought. You just can't.”
― The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
― The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
“We don't forget.... Our heads may be small, but they are as full of memories as the sky may sometimes be full of swarming bees, thousands and thousands of memories, of smells, of places, of little things that happened to us and which came back, unexpectedly, to remind us who we are.”
― The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
― The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
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