“She would not have cared to confess how infinitely she preferred the exactitude, the star-like impersonality, of figures to the confusion, agitation, and vagueness of the finest prose.” — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“[...] Look at the way people try to make points of contact with others when they meet. Look at the way you instinctively try to establish whether somebody you meet for the first time knows somebody you know. Watch people… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
![“[...] Look at the way people try to make points of contact with others when they meet. Look at the way you instinctively try to establish whether somebody you meet for the first time knows somebody you know. Watch people do it. I'm from such and such place. Oh yes? So you know So-and-So? Yes! And…” quote by Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bcb/alexander-mccall-smith-372_first-time_look-at-the-way-people-try-to-make-point_3123627.jpg)