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Louise Penny quotes: want to crawl inside his skin and wrap herself around his want to crawl inside his skin and wrap herself around his
Louise Penny quotes: Anyone so damaged as to cause this much harm led a life full of secrets and full of enemies. Anyone so damaged as to cause this much harm led a life full of secrets and full of enemies.
Louise Penny quotes: Now she sat in front of him, nearly submerged under layers of thick sweaters and blankets. She looked like a laundry hamper without a head. Now she sat in front of him, nearly submerged under layers of thick sweaters and blankets. She looked like a laundry hamper without a head.
Louise Penny quotes: Just because it's the truth doesn't make it less insulting. Just because it's the truth doesn't make it less insulting.
Louise Penny quotes: He felt like a mobile library. Where other investigators gathered fingerprints and evidence, he gathered books. He felt like a mobile library. Where other investigators gathered fingerprints and evidence, he gathered books.
Louise Penny quotes: ... while men and women perished, and cities fell, symbols endured, grew. Symbols were immortal. ... while men and women perished, and cities fell, symbols endured, grew. Symbols were immortal.
Louise Penny quotes: Gamache enjoyed going to churches for their music and the beauty of the language and the stillness. But he felt closer to God in his Volvo. Gamache enjoyed going to churches for their music and the beauty of the language and the stillness. But he felt closer to God in his Volvo.
Louise Penny quotes: Had CC de Poitiers known she was going to be murdered she might have bought her husband, Richard, a Christmas gift. Had CC de Poitiers known she was going to be murdered she might have bought her husband, Richard, a Christmas gift.
Louise Penny quotes: Like a ship changing course. It might take a while to get to port, but at least it was going in the right direction. Like a ship changing course. It might take a while to get to port, but at least it was going in the right direction.
Louise Penny quotes: What could be worse? Dying, and not being missed. What could be worse? Dying, and not being missed.
Louise Penny quotes: Armand Gamache wondered whether CC de Poitiers was at that very moment trying to explain herself to a perplexed God and two very angry seals. Armand Gamache wondered whether CC de Poitiers was at that very moment trying to explain herself to a perplexed God and two very angry seals.
Louise Penny quotes: Funny how imperfections on the outside mean something splendid beneath. Funny how imperfections on the outside mean something splendid beneath.
Louise Penny quotes: It's a shame that creativity and sloth look exactly the same. It's a shame that creativity and sloth look exactly the same.
Louise Penny quotes: All that had been trivial, that had been comforting and familiar and safe, now seemed to be strapped with explosives. All that had been trivial, that had been comforting and familiar and safe, now seemed to be strapped with explosives.
Louise Penny quotes: Foolish people are never harmless. Stupidity accounts for as many crimes as anger and greed. Foolish people are never harmless. Stupidity accounts for as many crimes as anger and greed.
Louise Penny quotes: Paul Hiebert's Sarah Binks, the cover said. Paul Hiebert's Sarah Binks, the cover said.
Louise Penny quotes: It's vital to hear your own language, to see it written, to see it valued. It's vital to hear your own language, to see it written, to see it valued.
Louise Penny quotes: Old sins have long shadows," said Gamache. "And this is an old sin. Old sins have long shadows," said Gamache. "And this is an old sin.
Louise Penny quotes: She was stuffing her innards back. Sewing herself up, putting her skin, her make-up, her party frock back on. She was stuffing her innards back. Sewing herself up, putting her skin, her make-up, her party frock back on.
Louise Penny quotes: It's so easy to get mired in the all too obvious cruelty of the world. It's natural. But to really heal, we need to recognize the goodness too. It's so easy to get mired in the all too obvious cruelty of the world. It's natural. But to really heal, we need to recognize the goodness too.
Louise Penny quotes: Conscience. Imagine being pursued by your own conscience ... .A mountain of conscience. Throwing a lengthening shadow. Growing. Darkening. Conscience. Imagine being pursued by your own conscience ... .A mountain of conscience. Throwing a lengthening shadow. Growing. Darkening.
Louise Penny quotes: There is a balm in Gilead to make the wounded whole. There is a balm in Gilead
to make the wounded whole.
Louise Penny quotes: Champlain missing was so much more potent than Champlain found. Champlain missing was so much more potent than Champlain found.
Louise Penny quotes: Or - perhaps - I should just worry about my own behavior and let others be who they are. Or - perhaps - I should just worry about my own behavior and let others be who they are.
Louise Penny quotes: circling the green. She circling the green. She
Louise Penny quotes: Most people want to be led. But suppose they choose the wrong leader? They end up with the Donner party. Most people want to be led. But suppose they choose the wrong leader? They end up with the Donner party.
Louise Penny quotes: But, like peace, comfort didn't come from hiding away or running away. Comfort first demanded courage. But, like peace, comfort didn't come from hiding away or running away. Comfort first demanded courage.
Louise Penny quotes: Love wants the best for others. Attachment takes hostages. Love wants the best for others. Attachment takes hostages.
Louise Penny quotes: I asked him to leave because he stopped caring for me, stopped supporting me. Not because I'd stopped caring for him. I asked him to leave because he stopped caring for me, stopped supporting me. Not because I'd stopped caring for him.
Louise Penny quotes: They'd reached St Thomas's and climbed the half-dozen wooden steps to the small veranda. Gamache They'd reached St Thomas's and climbed the half-dozen wooden steps to the small veranda. Gamache
Louise Penny quotes: Sometimes the only way up is down. Sometimes the only way forward is to back up. Sometimes the only way up is down. Sometimes the only way forward is to back up.
Louise Penny quotes: The four sayings that lead to wisdom:I was wrongI'm sorryI don't knowI need help The four sayings that lead to wisdom:
I was wrong
I'm sorry
I don't know
I need help
Louise Penny quotes: Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table, Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table,
Louise Penny quotes: Had peace and quiet become so rare that when finally found they could be mistaken for something grotesque and unnatural? It would appear so. Had peace and quiet become so rare that when finally found they could be mistaken for something grotesque and unnatural? It would appear so.
Louise Penny quotes: A good novel is a good novel, pointe finale. And I think what I'm writing is exactly that. A good novel is a good novel, pointe finale. And I think what I'm writing is exactly that.
Louise Penny quotes: All children are sad,but some get over it. All children are sad,
but some get over it.
Louise Penny quotes: While forgetting the past might condemn people to repeat it, remembering it too vividly condemned them to never leave. While forgetting the past might condemn people to repeat it, remembering it too vividly condemned them to never leave.
Louise Penny quotes: A Brave Man in a Brave Country Surprised A Brave Man in a Brave Country Surprised
Louise Penny quotes: Not everyone makes the boat, she thought. Not everyone makes the boat, she thought.
Louise Penny quotes: In trying to capture the beautiful mystery, this monk had invented written music. Not yet notes, what he'd written became known as neumes. In trying to capture the beautiful mystery, this monk had invented written music. Not yet notes, what he'd written became known as neumes.
Louise Penny quotes: Everything he let go of had claw marks on it. Everything he let go of had claw marks on it.
Louise Penny quotes: If less was more, she had a great deal. If less was more, she had a great deal.
Louise Penny quotes: Saw Gamache shaking his head he reconsidered. Not the maps? Saw Gamache shaking his head he reconsidered. Not the maps?
Louise Penny quotes: Precision and clarity where the police Precision and clarity where the police
Louise Penny quotes: A bare bulb swished from side to side. Dust floated in what little light it threw and cobwebs hung from the rafters. It smelled of spiders. A bare bulb swished from side to side. Dust floated in what little light it threw and cobwebs hung from the rafters. It smelled of spiders.
Louise Penny quotes: New Brunswick. Shediac. Lobster Capital of the World. New Brunswick. Shediac. Lobster Capital of the World.
Louise Penny quotes: Getting in his car he let it warm up, feeling the heated seats grow warm under him. On a bitterly cold winter day it was almost as good as sex. Getting in his car he let it warm up, feeling the heated seats grow warm under him. On a bitterly cold winter day it was almost as good as sex. Then
Louise Penny quotes: For Armand Gamache knew what not-nice was. He knew what cruelty, despair, horror were. And he knew what a forgotten, and precious quality 'nice'was. For Armand Gamache knew what not-nice was. He knew what cruelty, despair, horror were. And he knew what a forgotten, and precious quality 'nice'was.
Louise Penny quotes: You know Gabri, he wears his heart on his sleeve.' In fact, there were times Olivier wondered whether Gabri hadn't been born inside out. You know Gabri, he wears his heart on his sleeve.' In fact, there were times Olivier wondered whether Gabri hadn't been born inside out.
Louise Penny quotes: When I miss things or let them pass they gather in a heap then rise up and take a life. So, I try not to. When I miss things or let them pass they gather in a heap then rise up and take a life. So, I try not to.
Louise Penny quotes: But I understand your doubts. They're what make you a great man, not your certainties. But I understand your doubts. They're what make you a great man, not your certainties.
Louise Penny quotes: Myrna...prayed God wasn't one of of the men or women she'd betrayed by signing their release. Myrna's weight wasn't all carried around her middle. Myrna...prayed God wasn't one of of the men or women she'd betrayed by signing their release. Myrna's weight wasn't all carried around her middle.
Louise Penny quotes: We choose our thoughts. We choose our perceptions. We choose our attitudes We choose our thoughts. We choose our perceptions. We choose our attitudes
Louise Penny quotes: You weren't lost. You were exploring. There's a difference. You weren't lost. You were exploring. There's a difference.
Louise Penny quotes: She'd wanted to run an inn. To welcome people, to mother them. They had no children of their own, and she had a powerful need to nurture. She'd wanted to run an inn. To welcome people, to mother them. They had no children of their own, and she had a powerful need to nurture.
Louise Penny quotes: When put in a room with both parents, would almost always embrace the abuser. When put in a room with both parents, would almost always embrace the abuser.
Louise Penny quotes: Peter's a lucky man except in one respect, he doesn't seem to know how lucky he is. Peter's a lucky man except in one respect, he doesn't seem to know how lucky he is.
Louise Penny quotes: waited on my call, nor does any waited on my call, nor does any
Louise Penny quotes: was that he hadn't yet figured out was that he hadn't yet figured out
Louise Penny quotes: You have one hour to live. Who is it, exactly, you have needed all these years to forgive?" Myrna You have one hour to live. Who is it, exactly, you have needed all these years to forgive?" Myrna
Louise Penny quotes: How much more courage it took to be kind than to be cruel. How much more courage it took to be kind than to be cruel.
Louise Penny quotes: ... in the library ... surrounded by things far more dangerous than what roamed the school corridors. For here thoughts were housed. ... in the library ... surrounded by things far more dangerous than what roamed the school corridors. For here thoughts were housed.
Louise Penny quotes: Not everything buried is actually dead. For many, the past is alive. Not everything buried is actually dead. For many, the past is alive.
Louise Penny quotes: Fear lives in the head. And courage lives in the heart. The job is to get from one to the other." "And between the two is the lump in the Fear lives in the head. And courage lives in the heart. The job is to get from one to the other." "And between the two is the lump in the throat,
Louise Penny quotes: Abby Hoffman said we should all eat what we kill. That would put an end to war. Abby Hoffman said we should all eat what we kill. That would put an end to war.
Louise Penny quotes: And this was what a couple of that age looked like. If they were lucky. And this was what a couple of that age looked like. If they were lucky.
Louise Penny quotes: There's a huge fucking missile launcher in our backyard and apparently the only thing between us and Armageddon is some guy who's afraid of a duck. There's a huge fucking missile launcher in our backyard and apparently the only thing between us and Armageddon is some guy who's afraid of a duck.
Louise Penny quotes: When Peter walked into a room he always swept it until he found Clara. And then he relaxed. When Peter walked into a room he always swept it until he found Clara. And then he relaxed.
Louise Penny quotes: This was the great benefit of seeing worse. Fewer things worried him now. This was the great benefit of seeing worse. Fewer things worried him now.
Louise Penny quotes: Believe the copy of this e-book you are reading Believe the copy of this e-book you are reading
Louise Penny quotes: I've been treating you with courtesy and respect because that's the way I choose to treat everyone. But never, ever mistake kindness with weakness. I've been treating you with courtesy and respect because that's the way I choose to treat everyone. But never, ever mistake kindness with weakness.
Louise Penny quotes: Armand Gamache had seen the worst. But he'd also seen the best. Often in the same person. Armand Gamache had seen the worst. But he'd also seen the best. Often in the same person.
Louise Penny quotes: The lines of his face were the longitude and latitude of his life. The lines of his face were the longitude and latitude of his life.
Louise Penny quotes: I'm just like this. I have no talent for choosing my battles. Life seems, strangely, like a battle to me. The whole thing. I'm just like this. I have no talent for choosing my battles. Life seems, strangely, like a battle to me. The whole thing.
Louise Penny quotes: First two were obvious. First two were obvious.
Louise Penny quotes: Happy people didn't drink themselves to sleep every night. Happy people didn't drink themselves to sleep every night.
Louise Penny quotes: There are generally three parties to child abuse: the abused, the abuser and the bystander. There are generally three parties to child abuse: the abused, the abuser and the bystander.
Louise Penny quotes: A coy smile could capture him, but it was finally a hearty laugh that had freed him. A coy smile could capture him, but it was finally a hearty laugh that had freed him.
Louise Penny quotes: She suspected if they looked in Gamache's bedside table, they'd find all sorts of lost souls he put there for safekeeping. And maybe a baguette. She suspected if they looked in Gamache's bedside table, they'd find all sorts of lost souls he put there for safekeeping. And maybe a baguette.
Louise Penny quotes: ... walked deep into the shadow, deep into the longhouse where all his experiences and memories lived ... ... walked deep into the shadow, deep into the longhouse where all his experiences and memories lived ...
Louise Penny quotes: Few things are better in the world than a room full of librarians. I consider them literary heroes. The keepers and defenders of the written word. Few things are better in the world than a room full of librarians. I consider them literary heroes. The keepers and defenders of the written word.
Louise Penny quotes: All will be as it should, if we just do our best. All will be as it should, if we just do our best.
Louise Penny quotes: But if you were a nasty piece of work growing up, you'll be an asshole as an adult and you'll die pissed off. But if you were a nasty piece of work growing up, you'll be an asshole as an adult and you'll die pissed off.
Louise Penny quotes: What people mistook for safety was in fact captivity. What people mistook for safety was in fact captivity.
Louise Penny quotes: When my death us do partThen shall forgiven and forgiving meet again,Or will it be, as always was, too late? When my death us do part
Then shall forgiven and forgiving meet again,
Or will it be, as always was, too late?
Louise Penny quotes: To live in chaos was to live in a prison. Order freed the mind for other things. To live in chaos was to live in a prison. Order freed the mind for other things.
Louise Penny quotes: Do you know the sums that I do?" "I count my blessings. Do you know the sums that I do?" "I count my blessings.
Louise Penny quotes: And fear. High school smelled of that more than anything else, even more than sweaty feet, cheap perfume and rotten bananas. And fear. High school smelled of that more than anything else, even more than sweaty feet, cheap perfume and rotten bananas.
Louise Penny quotes: I've seen enough successful writers who no longer seem to care when they are recognized with an award, and I think that's just tragic. I've seen enough successful writers who no longer seem to care when they are recognized with an award, and I think that's just tragic.
Louise Penny quotes: Be careful. You're making hurting a habit. Spreading it around won't lessen your pain, you know. Just the opposite. Be careful. You're making hurting a habit. Spreading it around won't lessen your pain, you know. Just the opposite.
Louise Penny quotes: Maybe that's what old men are for. To make decisions that no young man can." He was watching Gamache closely. "Or should have to. Maybe that's what old men are for. To make decisions that no young man can." He was watching Gamache closely. "Or should have to.
Louise Penny quotes: Violent death demanded Earl Grey. Violent death demanded Earl Grey.
Louise Penny quotes: I think many people love their problems. Gives them all sorts of excuses for not growing up and getting on with life. I think many people love their problems. Gives them all sorts of excuses for not growing up and getting on with life.
Louise Penny quotes: A poem begins as a lump in the throat? Gamache asked Ruth. The elderly woman held his eyes A poem begins as a lump in the throat? Gamache asked Ruth. The elderly woman held his eyes
Louise Penny quotes: You are a man with a protective instinct. To care that deeply is a blessing. But like most blessings, it can also be a curse. You are a man with a protective instinct. To care that deeply is a blessing. But like most blessings, it can also be a curse.
Louise Penny quotes: Control your thoughts and you can control your emotions. Do you trust me? Control your thoughts and you can control your emotions. Do you trust me?
Louise Penny quotes: The question that haunted every investigation was 'why'. The question that haunted every investigation was 'why'.
Louise Penny quotes: Light is every bit as challenging as dark. We can discover a great deal about ourselves by looking at beauty. Light is every bit as challenging as dark. We can discover a great deal about ourselves by looking at beauty.
Louise Penny quotes: from a distance you might see the big picture, but not the whole picture, you missed the details. Not everything was seen, from a distance. from a distance you might see the big picture, but not the whole picture, you missed the details. Not everything was seen, from a distance.
Louise Penny quotes: and volunteering in the community. Mind, body, and spirit, the cadets were told. Over and and volunteering in the community. Mind, body, and spirit, the cadets were told. Over and

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