The Great Hippopotamus Hotel Quotes

“few remarks about this and that, could make a village of a city—and that was no bad thing, she felt.”
― Alexander McCall Smith, The Great Hippopotamus Hotel

“Mma Ramotswe did not mind. “Yes, I am a traditionally built lady, Mma. I am not ashamed of that. This is how ladies have always looked and I do not think that we should change these things.” The saleswoman was relieved not to have caused offence. “Yes, Mma,” she enthused. “And I am sure that I shall look like you in a few years’ time. I am sure that will happen.” Mma Ramotswe glanced at her watch. Botswana was a country with few, if any, failings, but sometimes an ordinary transaction, such as the purchase of a few pairs of socks, could turn into rather a long conversation if one was not careful. But was that a failing? In a world in which people seemed to have less and less time for others, she was not sure that exchanging views was something to be discouraged.”
― Alexander McCall Smith, The Great Hippopotamus Hotel

“the turning of a collar, which Mma Ramotswe had learned from an aunt, was now a dying skill,”
― Alexander McCall Smith, The Great Hippopotamus Hotel