Quote by Louise Penny Download Open image ““Why be a saint unless you could also be a martyr?”” — Louise Penny ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“A saint is a human being who neither wants nor needs to hurt you.” — Judith Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“It is possible for any man, by good deeds, to enshrine himself as a Saint in the hearts of the people.” — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
“I mean who the hell do you think you are, exactly? Saint Roland of the Perpetual Martyrdom?” — Catherine Jinks Copy Share Image
“Let a man be either a hero or a saint. In between lies, not wisdom, but banality.” — Oswald Spengler Copy Share Image
“A saint is long past any desire for distinction; he is the only sort of superior man who has never been a superior person.” — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Saintliness is very odd. When people encounter it, they often take it for something else, something completely unlike it: indifference, mockery, scheming, coldness, insolence,… — Philippe Claudel 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
