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"Writers obviously have to bear witness to the harsh face of the age."

— Alexander McCall Smith

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83 Quotes by Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith has 83 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

You can go through life and make new friends every year - every month practically - but there was never…
A life without stories would be no life at all. And stories bound us, did they not, one to another,…
But don't we often lie to people we love, or not tell them things, precisely because we love them?
The point about love, the essential point, was that we loved what we loved. We did not choose. We just…
Do you realise that people die of boredom in London suburbs? It's the second biggest cause of death amongs the…
Gracious acceptance is an art - an art which most never bother to cultivate. We think that we have to…
Most people want nothing to happen. That is the problem with governments these days. They want to do things all…
The telling of a story, like virtually everything in this life, was always made all the easier by a cup…
It was time to take the pumpkin out of the pot and eat it. In the final analysis, that was…
We all know that it is women who take the decisions, but we have to let men think that the…
Be content with who you are and where you are, and do whatever you can do to bring to others…
There are many women whose lives would be immeasurably improved by widowhood, but one should not always point that out.

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More Age Quotes

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To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. — J. J. Abrams
Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. — Aristotle
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. — Aristotle
I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become… — Giorgio Armani
I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I… — Paul Auster
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. — Matthew Arnold
You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. — Victoria Abril
In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time.… — Brooks Atkinson
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
For years I wanted to be older, and now I am. — Margaret Atwood

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