A good novel is a good novel, pointe finale. And I think what I'm writing is exactly that. — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
Winning doesn't mean my book is better than anyone else's. It means I'm very fortunate. And I should be very, very aware… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
The women in the room chatted about love, about childhood, about losing parents, about Mr. Spock, about good books they'd read. They… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
I turned down all the requests for the rights to the books, for years, mostly because they wanted the rights to the… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“She picked up her book and tried to read but it was heavy in her hands. She struggled to hold it, wanting… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“Annie laughed. She had a face, a body, made not for a Paris runway but for good meals and books by the… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
Every decade of my life I attempted to write a novel. But I had nothing to say. I was far too self-absorbed,… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
I went through a period in my life when I had no friends, when the phone never rang, when I thought I… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“People wandered in for books and conversation. They brought their stories to her, some bound, and some known by heart. She recognized… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
A journalist also needs to be disciplined, and so do I. I am, essentially, lazy. Without discipline I'd be just a mass… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“Books were everywhere in their large apartment. Histories, biographies, novels, studies on Quebec antiques, poetry. Placed in orderly bookcases. Just about every… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“I am tired,” Gamache murmured as he walked into the gentle little village. “But I am at peace.” — Louise Penny Copy Share
“The reason “belonging” was so potent, so attractive, so much a part of the human yearning, was that it also meant safety, and loyalty.… — Louise Penny Copy Share
“She picked up her book and tried to read but it was heavy in her hands. She struggled to hold it, wanting to finish… — Louise Penny Copy Share
“We’re used to the film versions of psychopaths. The clearly crazies. But most psychopaths are clever. They have to be. They know how to… — Louise Penny Copy Share
“Instead he stood erect, the snow insinuating itself down his collar and up his sleeves, plastering against his face and into his unblinking eyes.” — Louise Penny Copy Share
“He was an emotional communist. Everyone counted equally, but none too much.” — Louise Penny Copy Share
I turned down all the requests for the rights to the books, for years, mostly because they wanted the rights to the characters, and… — Louise Penny Copy Share
“Chief Superintendent Arnot might hold power, but Armand Gamache was the more powerful man.” — Louise Penny Copy Share
“Henri kept everything important in his heart. He mostly kept cookies in his head.” — Louise Penny Copy Share
A good journalist, as you know, is a great listener. And so's a good writer. And I got to listen to people for almost… — Louise Penny Copy Share
But, like peace, comfort didn't come from hiding away or running away. Comfort first demanded courage. — Louise Penny Copy Share
“He did not suggest that she sit quietly and get to know herself so she could be all the company she needed.” — Louise Penny Copy Share
“Come hither, all ye empty things,/Ye bubbles raised by breath of kings;/Who float upon the tide of state,/Come hither, and behold your fate.” — Louise Penny Copy Share
