The Joy and Light Bus Company
Alexander McCall Smith
Top 10 Best Quotes
“They talked about the sorts of things they liked to talk about when there were no important decisions to be made and when the conversation could wander comfortably along uncluttered shores.”
“There is no need to be unkind to people who are unhappy inside themselves. There is room for everyone. Everyone should be able to find somewhere on this earth to sit down.”
“The important thing is to carry on doing what you’re doing,’ she said. ‘And not to do what you think other people think you should do. You should do what you do as well as you possibly can.”
“That, of course, is always a good time to think—when you know that you are going to have to do something, but you know that you do not have to do it just yet.”
“A firefly came into view against the warm darkness. Then it went off, darting and dipping erratically -- out into the night, a tiny pinpoint of light, which, at the end of the day, is all that is needed.”
“to people who are unhappy inside themselves. There is room for everyone. Everyone should be able to find somewhere on this earth to sit down.”
“they would just have to make the best of the situation. When there were things that you could not change, then there was a strong case for accepting things as they were and working from there.”
“and the vestiges of that early feeling were still there, as she could not bring herself to punish the snails or caterpillars for their depredations. They were her fellow creatures, after all. They had not asked to be snails or caterpillars, and they needed to eat, as we all did.”
“a list of people who drive Mercedes-Benzes, and he checks to see if they have made up for it by being kind to people.”
“Wise people had been replaced in the public estimation by that curious category of people—celebrities—who were, for the most part, shallow people not known for their wisdom. Where were the Nelson Mandelas of this world of celebrity?”
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