Shall I make you a cup of tea? He asked. It was the classic response to crisis practiced throughout these islands–in England, Scotland, and elsewhere. Emotional turmoil, danger, even disaster could be faced with far greater equanimity if the kettle was switched on. War has been declared! There’s been a major earthquake! The stock market has collapsed! Oh really? Let me put the kettle on…. Alexander McCall Smith
For a day, just for one day, Talk about that which disturbs no one And bring some peace into your Beautiful eyes.
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Unknown
She had been given a wonderful gift: life. Sometimes it was cruelly taken away too soon, but it's what you did with it that counted, not how long it lasted.
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Cecelia Ahern
There's a sorrow and pain in everyone's life, but every now and then there's a ray of light that melts the loneliness in your heart and brings comfort like hot soup and a soft bed.
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Hubert Selby Jr.
She had become accustomed to being lonely. She was used to walking alone and to being considered 'different.' She did not suffer too much.
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Betty Smith
Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain.
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Jane Austen
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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...
Mma Ramotswe had listened to a World Service broadcast on her radio one day which had simply taken her breath away. It was about philosophers who called themselves existentialists and who, as far as Mma Ramotswe could ascertain, lived in France. These French people said...
There was a distinction between lying and telling half-truths, but it was a very narrow one.
She had argued for a broad interpretation, which imposed a duty to answer questions truthfully, and not to hide facts which could give a different complexion to a matter, but on subsequent thought she had revised her position. Although she still believed that one should...
