The Full Cupboard of Life (2003) (edit title/settings)

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Mma Ramotswe: head of a detective agency
• Mr J.L.B. Matekoni: Mma Ramotswe's husband-to-be
• Mma Potokwane: Add a description of this character.
• Mma Makutsi
• Mr Bobologo
• Charlie
• Mma Holonga
• Constance
• Molefi
• Mma Seeonyana
• Kokotso
• Trevor Mwamba
• Alma Ramotswe
• Dr Moffat
• Nir Matekoni
• Obed Ramotswe

Quotes edit see section history

• “"Yes," said Mma Ramotswe, "We all know that it is women who make the decisions, but we have to let men think that the decisions are theirs. It is an act of kindness on the part of women."”

• “"I am happy to see you, Mma. There will be plenty of time for reading later on”

  Mr Bobologo

• “Most tasks in this life are better done by two people.”

  Mma Ramotswe

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• Why, she asked herself, why keep a wound open when forgiveness can close it?

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• when people ask for advice they very rarely want your advice and will go ahead and do what they want to do anyway, no matter what you say.

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• And the memory made her humble; for we should not forget what it is to be young and to have ideas and attitudes that may later seem so fanciful.

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• She had never been able to tolerate dishonesty, which she thought threatened the very heart of relationships between people. If you could not count on other people to mean what they said, or to do what they said they would do, then life could become utterly unpredictable. The fact that we could trust one another made it possible to undertake the simple tasks of life.

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• We do not talk about wise men or wise ladies any more, she reflected; their place had been taken, it seemed, by all sorts of shallow people—actors and the like—who were only too ready to pronounce on all sorts of subjects.

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• To lose your own language was like forgetting your mother, and as sad, in a way.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Botswana Secretarial College
• Lobatse
• Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors
• Mochudi
• Setswana
• Africa
• Bobonong
• Zebra Drive

Organizations edit see section history

• No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: Add a description of this organization.

First Sentence edit see section history

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by The Kalahari Typing School for Men, and followed by In the Company of Cheerful Ladies.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Alexander McCall Smith (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 823'.914

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › Women Sleuths