Foolish people are never harmless. Stupidity accounts for as many crimes as anger and greed. — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
No good ever comes from putting up walls. What people mistake for safety is in fact captivity. And few things thrive in… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
I had to learn compassion. Had to learn what it felt like to hate, and to forgive and to love and be… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
Aid workers, when handing out food to starving people, quickly learn that the people fighting for it at the front are the… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
Life is choice. All day, everyday. Who we talk to, where we sit, what we say, how we say it. And our… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
A good journalist, as you know, is a great listener. And so's a good writer. And I got to listen to people… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
What haunted people even, perhaps especially, on their deathbed? What chased them, tortured them and brought some of them to their knees?… — 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
To be silent. In hopes of not offending, in hopes of being accepted. But what happened to people who never spoke, never… — 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
![“What haunted people even, perhaps especially, on their deathbed? What chased them, tortured them and brought some of them to their knees? And [he] thought he had the answer. Regret. Regret for things said, things done, and things not done. Regret for the people they might have been. And failed to…” quote by Louise Penny](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c63/louise-penny-1059_answers_what-haunted-people-even-perhaps-especia_269288.png)
