“The maid glanced at her employer. "Oh, you have heard of me," she said. "I am glad that he speaks of me. I would not like to think that nobody speaks of me." "No," said Mma Ramotswe. "It is better to be spoken of than not to be spoken of. Except sometimes, that is."”

— Alexander McCall Smith, book Tears of the Giraffe

Tears of the Giraffe, chapter 1.
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