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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 enough money, enough food, enough land, enough power, enough security, enough love. Fear of not getting what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-penny/beauvoir-knew-that-the-root-of-all-evil-wasn-t-money-no-what-created/)

[Louise Penny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-penny/)

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> [“The banality of evil. It wasn’t the frothing madman. It was the conscientious us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-penny/the-banality-of-evil-it-wasn-t-the-frothing-madman-it-was-the/)

[Louise Penny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-penny/)

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## More by Louise Penny

> [“Whale oil beef hooked,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-penny/whale-oil-beef-hooked/)

[Louise Penny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-penny/)

> [“I am tired,” Gamache murmured as he walked into the gentle little village. “But I am at peace.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-penny/i-am-tired-gamache-murmured-as-he-walked-into-the-gentle-little/)

[Louise Penny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-penny/)

> [“The reason “belonging” was so potent, so attractive, so much a part of the human yearning, was that it also meant safety, and loyalty.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-penny/the-reason-belonging-was-so-potent-so-attractive-so-much-a-part-of/)

[Louise Penny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-penny/)

> [“She picked up her book and tried to read but it was heavy in her hands. She struggled to hold it, wanting to finish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-penny/she-picked-up-her-book-and-tried-to-read-but-it-was-heavy-in-her/)

[Louise Penny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-penny/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-penny/we-re-used-to-the-film-versions-of-psychopaths-the-clearly-crazies/)

[Louise Penny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-penny/)

> [“Instead he stood erect, the snow insinuating itself down his collar and up his sleeves, plastering against his face and into his unblinking eyes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-penny/instead-he-stood-erect-the-snow-insinuating-itself-down-his-collar/)

[Louise Penny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-penny/)

> [“He was an emotional communist. Everyone counted equally, but none too much.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-penny/he-was-an-emotional-communist-everyone-counted-equally-but-none-too/)

[Louise Penny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-penny/)

> [I turned down all the requests for the rights to the books, for years, mostly because they wanted the rights to the characters, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-penny/i-turned-down-all-the-requests-for-the-rights-to-the-books-for-years/)

[Louise Penny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-penny/)

> [“Chief Superintendent Arnot might hold power, but Armand Gamache was the more powerful man.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-penny/chief-superintendent-arnot-might-hold-power-but-armand-gamache-was/)

[Louise Penny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-penny/)

> [“Henri kept everything important in his heart. He mostly kept cookies in his head.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-penny/henri-kept-everything-important-in-his-heart-he-mostly-kept-cookies/)

[Louise Penny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-penny/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-penny/a-good-journalist-as-you-know-is-a-great-listener-and-so-s-a-good/)

[Louise Penny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-penny/)

> [The question that haunted every investigation was 'why'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-penny/the-question-that-haunted-every-investigation-was-why/)

[Louise Penny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-penny/)

> [But, like peace, comfort didn't come from hiding away or running away. Comfort first demanded courage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-penny/but-like-peace-comfort-didn-t-come-from-hiding-away-or-running-away/)

[Louise Penny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-penny/)

> [“He did not suggest that she sit quietly and get to know herself so she could be all the company she needed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-penny/he-did-not-suggest-that-she-sit-quietly-and-get-to-know-herself-so/)

[Louise Penny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-penny/)

> [“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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-penny/come-hither-all-ye-empty-things-ye-bubbles-raised-by-breath-of-kings/)

[Louise Penny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-penny/)

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