He seemed genuinely astonished. "You admire me?"
"Yes," she said gravely. "All of us do things we regret--that's part of being human. And sometimes, I think, moral quality reveals itself not so much in what we do, but in what we later say about what we have done...."
"Yes," she said gravely. "All of us do things we regret--that's part of being human. And sometimes, I think, moral quality reveals itself not so much in what we do, but in what we later say about what we have done...."
( Alexander McCall Smith )
[ The Forgotten Affairs of Youth ]
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