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
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 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
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
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
Foolish people are never harmless. Stupidity accounts for as many crimes as anger and greed. — 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
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
“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
