Louise Penny

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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“Anyone could be clever. Anyone could be smart. Anyone could be taught. But not everyone was kind." Chapter 1 · Page 10 · Location 202”

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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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“Was it too much? Tomorrow at this time, would they all be arrested? Would they all still be alive? When she left…

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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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“the wiry, self-contained man had stared at him for a few seconds then invited him to sit and told him the four…

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Aid workers, when handing out food to starving people, quickly learn that the people fighting for it at the front are the…

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“Conscience. ... Which is why, Gamache knew, it was vital to be aware of actions in the present. Because the present became…

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“They waited for life to happen to them. They waited for someone to save them. Or heal them. They did nothing for…

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But you want murderous feelings? Hang around librarians," confided Gamache. "All that silence. Gives them ideas.

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“Had he inadvertently made the famed homicide department of the Surete an island? Far from saving careers of promising agents, had he…

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I was tired of seeing the Graces always depicted as beautiful young things. I think wisdom comes with age and life and…

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

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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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“One of the elders told him that when he was a boy his grandfather came to him one day and said he…

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“Being with Ken was like being with a permanently foreign friend. It was impossible to understand them, but all you really needed…

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“Why do decent young men and women become bullies? Why do soldiers dream of being heroes but end up abusing prisoners and…

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“Normally death came at night, taking a person in their sleep, stopping their heart or tickling them awake, leading them to the…

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“That was the danger. Not that betrayals happened, not that cruel things happened, but that they could outweigh all the good. That…

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“I used to dream I’d saved my parents,’ he said, remembering the little boy looking out the living-room window, leaning over the…

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“The bistro was his secret weapon in tracking down murderers. Not just in Three Pines, but in every town and village in…

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“Living our lives was like living in a long house. We entered as babies at one end, and we exited when our…

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“Homes, Gamache knew, were a self-portrait. A person’s choice of color, furnishing, pictures.”

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“Clara didn't carry a grudge. They were too heavy and she had too far to go.”

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“They lead "still" lives, waiting. - Myrna Landers Waiting for what? - Armand Gamache Waiting for someone to save them. Expecting someone…

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