“When someone stabs you it's not your fault that you feel pain.”
―
Louise Penny,
A Fatal Grace
“The four sayings that lead to wisdom:I was wrongI'm sorryI don't knowI need help” ― Louise Penny
“I was tired of seeing the Graces always depicted as beautiful young things. I think wisdom comes with age and life and pain. And knowing what matters.” ― Louise Penny, A Fatal Grace
“There are four things that lead to wisdom. You ready for them?'She nodded, wondering when the police work would begin."They are four sentences we learn to say, and mean." Gamache held up his hand as a fist and raised a finger with each point. "I don't know. I need help. I'm sorry. I was wrong'.” ― Louise Penny, Still Life
“Life is choice. All day, everyday. Who we talk to, where we sit, what we say, how we say it. And our lives become defined by our choices. It's as simple and as complex as that. And as powerful. so when I'm observing that's what I'm watching for. The choices people make” ― Louise Penny, Still Life
“Or - perhaps - I should just worry about my own behavior and let others be who they are.” ― Louise Penny
“But you want murderous feelings? Hang around librarians," confided Gamache. "All that silence. Gives them ideas.” ― Louise Penny, A Rule Against Murder
“Myrna could spend happy hours browsing bookcases. She felt if she could just get a good look at a person’s bookcase and their grocery cart, she’d pretty much know who they were.” ― Louise Penny, Still Life
“It's a blessing Madame Gamache and I had at our wedding. It was read at the end of the ceremony.Now you will feel no rainFor each of you will be shelter for the otherNow you will feel no coldFor each of you will be warmth for the otherNow there is no loneliness for youNow there is no more loneliness.Now you are two persons, but there is one life before you.Go now to your dwelling placeTo enter into the days of your togetherness.And may your days be good and long upon this earth.(Apache Blessing)” ― Louise Penny, Bury Your Dead
“Your beliefs become your thoughtsYour thoughts become your wordsYour words become your actionsYour actions become your destiny.Mahatma Ghandi,” he said. “There’s more, but I can’t remember it all.” ― Louise Penny, A Fatal Grace
“I think many people love their problems. Gives them all sorts of excuses for not growing up and getting on with life.” ― Louise Penny, Still Life
“Life is change. If you aren't growing and evolving, you're standing still, and the rest of the world is surging ahead.” ― Louise Penny, Still Life
“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, Still Life
“Where there is love there is courage,where there is courage there is peace,where there is peace there is God.And when you have God, you have everything.” ― Louise Penny, The Brutal Telling
“Who hurt you, once, so far beyond repairthat you would meet each overturewith curling lip?While we, who knew you well, your friends, (the focus of your scorn)could see your courage in the face of fear,your wit, and thoughtfulness, and will remember you with something close to love.” ― Louise Penny, Bury Your Dead
“Things are strongest where they're broken.” ― Louise Penny, Bury Your Dead
“Now here's a good one:you're lying on your deathbed.You have one hour to live.Who is it, exactly, you have neededall these years to forgive?” ― Louise Penny, A Fatal Grace
“The leaves had fallen from the trees and lay crisp and crackling beneath his feet. Picking one up he marveled, not for the first time, at the perfection of nature where leaves were most beautiful at the very end of their lives.” ― Louise Penny, The Brutal Telling
“What did falling in love do for you? Can you ever really explain it? It filled empty spaces I never knew were empty. It cured a loneliness I never knew I had. It gave me joy. And freedom. I think that was the most amazing part. I suddenly felt both embraced and freed at the same time.” ― Louise Penny, The Beautiful Mystery
“The four sayings that lead to wisdom:I was wrongI'm sorryI don't knowI need help” ― Louise Penny
“I was tired of seeing the Graces always depicted as beautiful young things. I think wisdom comes with age and life and pain. And knowing what matters.” ― Louise Penny, A Fatal Grace
“There are four things that lead to wisdom. You ready for them?'She nodded, wondering when the police work would begin."They are four sentences we learn to say, and mean." Gamache held up his hand as a fist and raised a finger with each point. "I don't know. I need help. I'm sorry. I was wrong'.” ― Louise Penny, Still Life
“Life is choice. All day, everyday. Who we talk to, where we sit, what we say, how we say it. And our lives become defined by our choices. It's as simple and as complex as that. And as powerful. so when I'm observing that's what I'm watching for. The choices people make” ― Louise Penny, Still Life
“Or - perhaps - I should just worry about my own behavior and let others be who they are.” ― Louise Penny
“But you want murderous feelings? Hang around librarians," confided Gamache. "All that silence. Gives them ideas.” ― Louise Penny, A Rule Against Murder
“Myrna could spend happy hours browsing bookcases. She felt if she could just get a good look at a person’s bookcase and their grocery cart, she’d pretty much know who they were.” ― Louise Penny, Still Life
“It's a blessing Madame Gamache and I had at our wedding. It was read at the end of the ceremony.Now you will feel no rainFor each of you will be shelter for the otherNow you will feel no coldFor each of you will be warmth for the otherNow there is no loneliness for youNow there is no more loneliness.Now you are two persons, but there is one life before you.Go now to your dwelling placeTo enter into the days of your togetherness.And may your days be good and long upon this earth.(Apache Blessing)” ― Louise Penny, Bury Your Dead
“Your beliefs become your thoughtsYour thoughts become your wordsYour words become your actionsYour actions become your destiny.Mahatma Ghandi,” he said. “There’s more, but I can’t remember it all.” ― Louise Penny, A Fatal Grace
“I think many people love their problems. Gives them all sorts of excuses for not growing up and getting on with life.” ― Louise Penny, Still Life
“Life is change. If you aren't growing and evolving, you're standing still, and the rest of the world is surging ahead.” ― Louise Penny, Still Life
“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, Still Life
“Where there is love there is courage,where there is courage there is peace,where there is peace there is God.And when you have God, you have everything.” ― Louise Penny, The Brutal Telling
“Who hurt you, once, so far beyond repairthat you would meet each overturewith curling lip?While we, who knew you well, your friends, (the focus of your scorn)could see your courage in the face of fear,your wit, and thoughtfulness, and will remember you with something close to love.” ― Louise Penny, Bury Your Dead
“Things are strongest where they're broken.” ― Louise Penny, Bury Your Dead
“Now here's a good one:you're lying on your deathbed.You have one hour to live.Who is it, exactly, you have neededall these years to forgive?” ― Louise Penny, A Fatal Grace
“The leaves had fallen from the trees and lay crisp and crackling beneath his feet. Picking one up he marveled, not for the first time, at the perfection of nature where leaves were most beautiful at the very end of their lives.” ― Louise Penny, The Brutal Telling
“What did falling in love do for you? Can you ever really explain it? It filled empty spaces I never knew were empty. It cured a loneliness I never knew I had. It gave me joy. And freedom. I think that was the most amazing part. I suddenly felt both embraced and freed at the same time.” ― Louise Penny, The Beautiful Mystery
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