“Beauvoir knew that the root of all evil wasn’t money. No, what created and drove evil was fear. Fear of not having… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“Gamache watched the old poet. He knew what was looming behind the Mountain. What crushed all before it. The thing the Hermit… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“No,” said Myrna. “It happened because no one stopped them. Not enough people stood up soon enough. And why was that?” “Fear?”… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
Fear lives in the head. And courage lives in the heart. The job is to get from one to the other. — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“When I’m afraid, I always ask myself, what’s the worst that can happen?” Chapter 5 · Page 41 · Location 733” — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
Or - perhaps - I should just worry about my own behavior and let others be who they are. — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t really, he knew, about less fear. It was about more courage.” — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“Fear lives in the head. And courage lives in the heart. The job is to get from one” — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“Eventually he'd let the answering machine take over and had hidden in his studio. Where he's hidden all his life. From the… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“He knew, as a man used to fear, the great danger of letting it take control. It distorted reality. Consumed reality. Fear… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“They stole the files of everyone who was involved in the raid. Who came to you for help. Who told you everything.… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“We were both wrong. You were afraid to stop and I was afraid to go.” “You think we’ll have less fear tomorrow?”… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“Could someone have hated him enough to kill?” asked Gamache. “There are a lot of reasons for murder, Chief Inspector, as you… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“What’s the use of healing, if the life that’s saved is callow and selfish and ruled by fear? There’s a difference between… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“He was an emotional communist. Everyone counted equally, but none too much.” — 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 characters, and… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“Chief Superintendent Arnot might hold power, but Armand Gamache was the more powerful man.” — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“Henri kept everything important in his heart. He mostly kept cookies in his head.” — 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 for almost… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
