In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (2004) (edit title/settings)

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• Mma Ramotswe: Add a description of this character.
• Mma Makutsi
• Mr Polopetsi
• Charlie
• Mr J.l.b. Matekoni
• Mma Maktitsi
• Mma Potokwane
• Mrs Moffat
• Mma Nlakutsi
• Mr Fanope
• Mma Maki
• Obed Ramotswe
• Seretse Khama
• Trevor Mwamba
• Note Mokoti
• Clovis Andersen
• Mma Maktusi
• Mma Mokoti
• Motholeli
• Phuti Radiphuti

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• “A life without stories would be no life at all. And stories bound us, did they not, one to another, the living to the dead, people to animals, people to the land?”

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• A life without stories would be no life at all. And stories bound us, did they not, one to another, the living to the dead, people to animals, people to the land?

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• for that is what redeems us, that is what makes our pain and sorrow bearable—this giving of love to others, this sharing of the heart.

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• The two women had known one another for many years, and had moved into that most comfortable of territories, that of an old friendship that could be picked up and put down at will without damage.

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• The only explanation was that people who did that sort of thing had no understanding of what others felt; they simply did not understand. If you knew what it was like to be another person, then how could you possibly do something which would cause pain?

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• There was no need for formality or caution, and the faults of each were known to the other.

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• most men imagined that things like tea and food would simply appear if they waited long enough.

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• A whole generation of people, not only in Africa, but everywhere else, had not been taught to feel for others because the parents simply had not bothered to teach them this.

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• It was a strange feeling, she had always thought; feeling the breathing of another, a reminder of how we all share the same air, and of how fragile we are. At least there was enough air in the world for everybody to breathe; at least people did not fight with one another over that. And it would be difficult, would it not, for the rich people to take all the air away from the poor people, even if they could take so many other things? Black people, white people: same air.

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• It was all very well being a modern society, but the advent of prosperity and the growth of the towns was a poisoned cup from which one should drink with the greatest caution. One might have all the things which the modern world offered, but what was the use of these if they destroyed all that which gave you strength and courage and pride in yourself and your country?

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Botswana Secretarial College
• Zebra Drive
• Johannesburg
• Bobonong
• Africa
• Tlokweng
• Gaborone

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by The Full Cupboard of Life, and followed by Blue Shoes and Happiness.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Alexander McCall Smith (Author)

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• Dewey: 813

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers