Louise Penny

A journalist also needs to be disciplined, and so do I. I am, essentially, lazy. Without discipline I'd be just a mass…

— Louise Penny

“I think many people love their problems. Gives them all sorts of excuses for not growing up and getting on with life.”

— Louise Penny

“It was said with humor, but the criticism wasn't lost on Gamache. He was fishing, and he knew it. So did Sommes.…

— Louise Penny

“the room was warming up and there was nothing quite like the comfort of being cold, then slowly feeling the heat approaching…

— Louise Penny

“stick. It might look familiar to some of you,’ she waited”

— Louise Penny

“When senior officers start shooting each other, it’s time to leave,” said Gamache. “I’m sure it’s somewhere in the regulations.”

— Louise Penny

“...while forgetting the past might condemn people to repeat it, remembering it too vividly condemned them to never leave.”

— Louise Penny

“The fault lies with us, and only us. It’s not fate, not genetics, not bad luck, and it’s definitely not Mom and…

— Louise Penny

“We all do stupid, cruel things as children. I remember I once took a neighbor's dog and shut it in my house,…

— Louise Penny

“There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supersedes all other courts.”

— Louise Penny

“It’s too easy to feed the anger. Too cowardly to stoke the hate. You must look inside yourself and decide who you…

— Louise Penny

“I think you might try leading your life as though it’s just you. If he comes back and you know your life…

— Louise Penny

“Rumors are hard to prove, but they’re even harder to disprove. We both know that character assassination is easy. All it takes…

— Louise Penny

“We see it when bullies are in charge. It becomes part of the culture of an institution, a family, an ethnic group,…

— Louise Penny

“Where other women ... were lovely, Annie Gamache was alive. Late, too late, Jean Guy Beauvoir had come to appreciate how very…

— Louise Penny

After spending most of her life scanning the horizon for slights and threats, genuine and imagined, she knew the real threat to…

— Louise Penny

“cobrador costume. A costume that”

— Louise Penny

In winter the very ground seemed to reach up and grab the elderly, yanking them to earth as though hungry for them.

— Louise Penny

“A belief of convenience isn't much use, is it?”

— Louise Penny

“After more than a thousand years," he continued, "an enemy finally broke through. Not because of superior firepower. Not because the Manchus…

— Louise Penny

“I'm sorry. I shouldn't be working." "Of course you should. I'm alright." "Even F.I.N.E.?" She laughed. "Especially that." Fucked-up. Insecure. Neurotic. Egotistical.”

— Louise Penny

“Plenty of time for a close friendship to turn to hate. As only a good friendship could. The conduit to the heart…

— Louise Penny

“Control your thoughts and you can control your emotions. Do you trust me?”

— Louise Penny

“He was very clever, he gave the impression of being tolerant and kind, while actually being very dark, very cunning.”

— Louise Penny

What are you afraid of? I'm afraid of not recognizing Paradise.

— Louise Penny