“Oh, send thine angels to his blessed side / And bid them there abide. It sounds like a request for reinforcements." Isabel liked the metaphor. We all needed reinforcements, she thought. We wanted others to think the way we did, to protest the values we held dear, to keep at bay the things we thought needed to be kept at bay. If imaginary beings could help to keep our courage up, then there was no harm in that.” CourageAngelsReinforcements Book:The Geometry of Holding Hands Source: The Geometry of Holding Hands
“There was a lot of chance in love -- a lot of luck -- but there was not too much point in thinking about that, other than to thank whatever gods one believed in, or blind fate if one believed in none, for the way things had worked out.” LoveFateLuck Book:The Geometry of Holding Hands Source: The Geometry of Holding Hands
“Then he drew back and looked into her eyes. 'You've always made sense,' he said. 'Even when I find it difficult to follow what on earth you're going on about, it seems to me that you make sense.” LoveMaking Sense Author:Alexander Mccall Smith (Author)
“She did not believe in burying her head in the sand, but there were times when she longed for a paper that portrayed the world in something other than a state of crisis. She wanted the world to be peaceful, and it was not.” PeaceCrisis Book:The Geometry of Holding Hands Source: The Geometry of Holding Hands