Alexander McCall Smith (McCall Smith is his surname) is best known for his No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, set in Botswana. That quote is from In the Company of Cheerful Ladies.
But my favorite series is Isabel Dalhousie / The Sunday Philosophy Club. Isabel is sort of a Edinburg Miss Marple but more real, more thoughtful, more vulnerable.
"A life without stories would be no life at all."
And, in a way, I guess that's why we're all here.
Paige