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“I told him that if a man is born in a dry place, then although he may dream of rain, he does not want too much, and that he will not mind the sun that beats down and down.”
― The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
― The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
“These men were like leeches; they sucked away at the goodness of a woman's heart until it was dry and all her love had been used up. That took a long time, he knew, because women seemed to have vast reservoirs of goodness in them”
― The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
― The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
“It was time to take the pumpkin out of the pot and eat it. In the final analysis, that was what solved these big problems of life. You could think and think and get nowhere, but you still had to eat your pumpkin. That brought you down to earth. That gave you a reason for going on. Pumpkin.”
― The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
― The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
“Talking about pumpkins doesn't make them grow.”
― The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
― The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
“Now constipation was quite a different matter...It would be dreadful for the whole world to know about troubles of that nature. She felt terribly sorry for people who suffered from constipation, and she knew that there were many who did. There were probably enough of them for a political party - with a chance of government perhaps - but what would such a party do if it was in power? Nothing, she imagined. It would try to pass legislation, but would fail." (p, 195)”
― The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
― The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
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