None of us knows how we will cope with snakes until the moment arises, and then most of us find out that we do not do it very well. Alexander McCall Smith More Quotes by Alexander McCall Smith More Quotes From Alexander McCall Smith I would certainly never consider myself a Renaissance Man; I'm not fit to look at the dust from the chariot wheels of many of those who have gone before me. Alexander McCall Smith dust men looks Each of us is born into our own mysteries but the mystery of another might just take us in and embrace us. And then what a sense of homecoming, of belonging! Alexander McCall Smith homecoming mystery might One of the most destructive things that's happening in modern society is that we are losing our sense of the bonds that bind people together - which can lead to nightmares of social collapse. Alexander McCall Smith losing together people Oh I love gadgets and I pride myself on keeping at the cutting edge of technology. Alexander McCall Smith cutting technology pride I have three older sisters, so we were a reasonably large family and, in general, a happy one. Alexander McCall Smith large-family older-sister three When we love others, we naturally want to talk about them, we want to show them off, like emotional trophies. We invest them with a power to do to others what they do to us; a vain hope, as the lovers of others are rarely of much interest to us. But we listen in patience, as friends must, and as Isabel now did, refraining from comment, other than to encourage the release of the story and the attendant confession of human frailty and hope. Alexander McCall Smith emotional stories want And that, in a way, was the burden of being a philosopher: one knew what one had to do, but it was so often the opposite of what one really wanted to do. Alexander McCall Smith philosopher opposites way There are many women whose lives would be immeasurably improved by widowhood, but one should not always point that out. Alexander McCall Smith widowhood should would-be Writers obviously have to bear witness to the harsh face of the age. Alexander McCall Smith age bears faces The Okavango Delta is an astonishing sight: the great Okavango River, rather than flow towards the sea, flows inland, into the sands of the Kalahari. Alexander McCall Smith sight sea rivers Self-pity does not appreciate pedantry. Alexander McCall Smith appreciate self doe I am capable of being idle. Alexander McCall Smith idle capable Talking about pumpkins doesn't make them grow. Alexander McCall Smith pumpkin grows talking It was easy to be moral when that was the way you felt anyway. The hard bit about morality was making yourself feel the opposite of what you really felt. Alexander McCall Smith morality opposites way International business, once allowed to stalk uncontrolled, killed the local, the small, the quirky. Alexander McCall Smith international-business stalking quirky Do not take on a traditionally built person unless you are prepared for a heavyweight bout. Alexander McCall Smith prepared heavyweights persons It's a different sort of love taht puts up with illness. Old love. Alexander McCall Smith old-love illness different If you lose sight of the smaller accomplishments , Alexander McCall Smith imbalance accomplishment sight Many of my books are written from a female perspective. I rather enjoy the take that women have on the world, and certainly I enjoy the conversations that women have. Alexander McCall Smith female perspective book I've always had a creative urge and I get immense satisfaction from creating something because it feels like I'm making sense of the world and imposing order on it. Alexander McCall Smith creating creative order
