Louise Penny

The night is a strawberry.

— Louise Penny

“Beauvoir was so close to Frère Raymond”

— Louise Penny

“Fucked-up. Insecure. Neurotic. Egotistical.”

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“Your brain is your weapon.”

— Louise Penny

“Jesus, is Gamache hiring fetuses now?”

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“But I understand your doubts. They're what make you a great man, not your certainties.”

— Louise Penny

“common,” said Zalmanowitz. The comment surprised Chief Superintendent”

— Louise Penny

It's a shame that creativity and sloth look exactly the same.

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“Michael Brebeuf had long hated Armand. But he had loved him even longer.”

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How much more courage it took to be kind than to be cruel.

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“Change the facts and you’ll change the feelings.” Chapter 20 · Page 175 · Location 3170”

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“I’m sorry. I was wrong. I need help. I don’t know.”

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“he’d come to agree with Sister Prejean that no one was as bad as the worst thing they’d done.”

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Let every man shovel out his own snow, and the whole city will be passable," said Gamache. Seeing Beauvoir's puzzled expression he…

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“He had loads of colleagues, acquaintances, buddies. He was an emotional communist. Everyone counted equally, but none too much.”

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“He knew it was there, that opiate of the Anglos. And his hand clutched the box just as the kettle whistled. Violent…

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To be honest, the only thing I ever really wanted to be was a writer - since I read 'Charlotte's Web' as…

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“He still arrested them, of course. But he’d come to agree with Sister Prejean that no one was as bad as the…

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“Matthew 10:36,” he’d said. “And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household. Never forget that, Agent Lacoste.”

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“He knew, as a man used to fear, the great danger of letting it take control. It distorted reality. Consumed reality. Fear…

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I've seen enough successful writers who no longer seem to care when they are recognized with an award, and I think that's…

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“Armand Gamache had always held unfashionable beliefs. He believed the light would banish the shadows. That kindness was more powerful than cruelty,…

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“An unsuspected yearning uncovered, discovered. For a simpler time and a simpler life. Before Internet, and climate change, and terrorism. When neighbors…

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“Take this in to them, s'il vous plaît, " Chef Véronique's large ruddy hand trembled slightly as she motioned to the trays.…

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“Our lives are like a house. Some people are allowed on the lawn, some onto the porch, some get into the vestibule…

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“In a life filled with great good fortune of health, of creativity, of friends, living in safety and privilege with the loving…

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“Your beliefs become your thoughts Your thoughts become your words Your words become your actions Your actions become your destiny. Mahatma Ghandi,”…

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“Beauvoir knew that the root of all evil wasn’t money. No, what created and drove evil was fear. Fear of not having…

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“But Beauvoir could feel what Ruth was sensing. Something was radiating off Gamache. Was it rage he felt from the chief? Jean-Guy…

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“I respect people who have such passion. Emile was saying. "I don't. I have a lot of interests, some I'm passionate about,…

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“He walked over the arched stone bridge, enjoying the silence of the village. Snow did that. It laid down a simple, clean…

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“Books were everywhere in their large apartment. Histories, biographies, novels, studies on Quebec antiques, poetry. Placed in orderly bookcases. Just about every…

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“Beauvoir left their home wanting to call his wife and tell her how much he loved her, and then tell her what…

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“Almost invariably people expected that if you were a good person you shouldn't meet a bad end, that only the deserving are…

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“It's a blessing Madame Gamache and I had at our wedding. It was read at the end of the ceremony. Now you…

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But there was no hiding from Conscience. Not in new homes and new cars. In travel. In meditation or frantic activity. In…

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“When Olivier had been taken away Gamache had sat back down and stared at the sack. what could be worse than Chaos,…

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“Why be a saint unless you could also be a martyr?”

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“To live in chaos was to live in a prison. Order freed the mind for other things.”

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“The lines of his face were the longitude and latitude of his life. The”

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