Ingiliz Sovalyelik Nisani sahibi ve Edinburgh Kraliyet Cemiyeti uyesi Zimbabve dogumlu Ingiliz yazar Alexander McCall Smith'in dogum gunu ( 24 Agustos 1948 )
" Pat kopegin altin disini merak ediyordu. Angus Lordie'ye bunun nasil oldugunu sordu. Gelen aciklama, ' Baska bir kopegin kuyrugundan isirdi, ' oldu. ' Ve disi kirildi. Ben de tutup, kendi discime goturdum. Discim ayni zamanda icki sofrasindan arkadasimdir. Bir kopegi tedavi etmek pek aklina yatmamisti, ama sonunda kabul etti, altin disi takti. Saglik sigortasindan degil tabii, altina ve diger ivir zivira tam yetmis sterlin odedim. Gece yapmamiz gerekti, etrafta baska hasta yokken, cunku insanlar kendi kullandiklari disci koltugunda bir kopek gormeye itiraz edebilirlerdi. Insanlar bazen boyle tuhaf olabiliyorlar. Cyril gelmis, yetmis sterlinini veriyor, ama bazilari onun tedaviye hakki olmayacagini soyleyebiliyorlar. Hayret verici bir sey. Ama insanlar boyle konularda her zaman mantikli davranamiyorlar. ' " Iskocya Sokagi 44 Numara
" Pat wondered about his gold tooth, and asked Angus Lordie how this came about. ' He bit another dog in the tail, ' came the explanation. ' And his tooth broke off. So I took him to my own dentist, who’s a drinking pal of mine. He was a bit unsure about treating a dog, but eventually agreed and put it in. Not on the National Health, On the Subject of Dogs of course; I paid seventy quid to cover the cost of the gold and what-not. We had to do it at night, when there were no other patients around, as people might have objected to seeing a dog in the dental chair that they had to use. People are funny that way. There’s Cyril paying his full seventy quid and some would say that he would have no right to treatment. Amazing. But people aren’t entirely rational about these things. ' ”
" ' Bir ulkede ne kadar cok Mercedes Benz varsa, ' dedi Mma Makutsi, ' o ulke o kadar kotudur. Eger bir ulkede hic Mercadas Benz yoksa orasi iyi bir yerdir. Buna guvenebilirsiniz. ' " Zurafanin Gozyaslari
" ' The more Mercedes-Benz cars there are in a country ', offered Mma Makutsi, ' the worse that country is. If there is a country without any Mercedes-Benzes, then that will be a good place. You can count on that. ' "
" ' Karim icin bunlar ' demisti adam ' karim icin ' Janis gulumsemisti ' Cok hosuna gidecegine eminim ' demisti. Adam ciceklere bakmis, uzunca bir sure bakislarini ayirmisti. Janis o an anlamisti. Adam kafasini kaldirdiginda gozleri yasliydi. Janis elini uzatmis ve avutmak istercesine adamin koluna dokunmustu. Olenler icin cicek aliyoruz, alabilecegimiz tek sey cicek diye gecirmisti aklindan. " Kahve Oykuleri
“ ' They are for my wife, ' he had said. ' They are for her. ' Janis had smiled. ' I'm sure she will like them, ' she had said. The man had looked down at the flowers, staring at them for several moments, and then she had realised and he had raised his head again and she had seen the tears. She reached out and placed a hand on his forearm, to comfort him, and thought: We buy flowers for the dead. That is the one thing we buy for them. "
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