Alexander McCall Smith Quotes
Old friends, like old shoes, are comfortable. But old shoes, unlike old friends, tend not to be supportive: it is easier to stumble and sprain an ankle while wearing a pair of old shoes than it is in new shoes, with their less yielding leather.
McCall Smith, Alexander. The Careful Use of Compliments. Pantheon Books, 2007.
Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE, is a British-Zimbabwean writer and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He became a respected expert on medical law and bioethics and served on British and international committees concerned with them. He has since become known as a writer of fiction, with sales of English-language versions exceeding 40 million by 2010 and translations into 46 languages. He is widely known as the creator of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. "McCall" forms part of his surname.
