"It was time to take the pumpkin out of the pot and eat it. In the final analysis, that was what solved these big problems of life. You could think and think and get nowhere, but you still had to eat your pumpkin. That brought you down to earth. That gave you a reason for going on. Pumpkin."

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About Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith is a Zimbabwean-born writer and professor known for The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.

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