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  1. Alexander McCall Smith _ The Charming Quirks of Others

    Undisclosed failings, she thought; that great weight we all carry around with us, some of us for all our lives, unable to speak about them, unable -- involuntary Atlases all -- to share the burden.
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  2. Alexander McCall Smith _ The Charming Quirks of Others

    She went on to say something else, but Jamie found his attention drifting. He was feeling sleepy, for it was warm, and he could lie there for ever, he thought, listening to the sound of Isabel's voice, in the way one listens to the conversations of birds, or the sound of a waterfall descending the side of a Scottish mountain; sounds for which we cannot come up with a meaning, but which we love dearly with all our heart, and loving anything with all your heart always brings understanding, in time.
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  3. Alexander McCall Smith _ The Charming Quirks of Others

    But she realised that this was what anxiety was like-it knew no rhyme or reason; just as a fear of the dark cannot be assuaged by the pointing out that there was nothing there, anxiety could be without foundation.
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  4. Alexander McCall Smith _ The Charming Quirks of Others

    There was corruption at every turn, and those who stood for honesty and integrity were more and more vulnerable, more and more isolated amongst the hordes of people who simply had no moral sense. And
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  5. Alexander McCall Smith _ The Charming Quirks of Others

    Remember that, she said to herself; remember that in your dealings with others-they may be dying.
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  6. Alexander McCall Smith _ The Charming Quirks of Others

    There are indeed ducks in Blackford Pond." "On it," muttered Isabel. "What?" "On the pond. There are ducks on the pond. There are fish in it." Even as she spoke, Isabel had no idea why she was being so pedantic, and
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  7. Alexander McCall Smith _ The Charming Quirks of Others

    forgiveness of others allows us to adjust our feelings towards the past, assuages our anger. Our
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  8. Alexander McCall Smith _ The Charming Quirks of Others

    One of the drawbacks to being a philosopher was that you became aware of what you should not do, and
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  9. Alexander McCall Smith _ The Charming Quirks of Others

    People punish themselves-sometimes for years. But it's not always necessary. Forgiveness allows everybody to start again, not to be burdened with a whole lot of old business.
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  10. Alexander McCall Smith _ The Charming Quirks of Others

    People were only too ready to believe things that were manifestly untrue. When it came to remarks that portrayed others in a bad light, people were happy to believe things that showed others to be weak or flawed in some way: we believed that of them because it made us feel better; it was as simple as that.
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  11. Alexander McCall Smith _ The Charming Quirks of Others

    He shows the most amazing brass neck," she said.
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  12. Alexander McCall Smith _ The Charming Quirks of Others

    It is because you are generous in spirit; and may I be like that; may I become like you-which unrealistic wish, to become the other, is such a true and revealing symptom of love, its most obvious clue, its unmistakable calling card.
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