Battle Quote by Louise Penny

“I'm just like this. I have no talent for choosing my battles. Life seems, strangely, like a battle to me. The whole thing.”

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“He was an emotional communist. Everyone counted equally, but none too much.”

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“Henri kept everything important in his heart. He mostly kept cookies in his head.”

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