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You cannot divide a child's heart in two she had observed to Mma Makutsi, and yet that is what some people wish to do. A child has only one heart.And the rest of us? Mma Makutsi had asked. Do we not have one heart too?Mma Ramotswe nodded. Yes, we have only one heart, but as you grow older you heart grows bigger. A child loves only one or two things; we love so many things.Such as?Mma Ramotswe smiled. Botswana. Rain. Cattle. Friends. Our children. Our late relatives. The smell of woodsmoke in the morning. Red bush tea...

Alexander McCall Smith

You cannot divide a child's heart in two she had observed to Mma Makutsi, and yet that is what some people wish to do. A child has only one heart.And the rest of us? Mma Makutsi had asked. Do we not have one heart too?Mma Ramotswe nodded. Yes, we have only one heart, but as you grow older you heart grows bigger. A child loves only one or two things; we love so many things.Such as?Mma Ramotswe smiled. Botswana. Rain. Cattle. Friends. Our children. Our late relatives. The smell of woodsmoke in the morning. Red bush tea...

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About Alexander McCall Smith

Sir Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith (born 24 August 1948) is a Scottish legal scholar and author of fiction. He was raised in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and was formerly Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He became an expert on medical law and bioethics and served on related British and international committees. He has since become known as a fiction writer, with sales in English exceeding 40 million by 2010 and translations into 46 languages. He is known as the creator of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. The "McCall" derives from his great-great-grandmother Bethea McCall, who married James Smith at Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, in 1833.