566 Quotes by Louise Penny

We knew who would want him found, Dr Croix, but who wants him to remain buried?

…struck. Once. And into that blow he put his childhood, his grief, his loss. He put his mother’s sorrow and his sister’s longing. The menorah, weighed down with that, crushed the Hermit’s skull.

Irene Finney filled the void with a child not loved then lost, but first lost, then loved.

…it’s not the truth about others that will set you free, but the truth about yourself.

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

Michael Brebeuf had long hated Armand. But he had loved him even longer.

Being with Ken was like being with a permanently foreign friend. It was impossible to understand them, but all you really needed to do was reflect back their own expressions. When Ken looked sad, they looked sad. When he looked happy, they smiled. It was actually very relaxing to be around him. Not much was expected.

The drug smuggling today had, as its godparents, the bootleggers nearly a hundred years ago. The syndicates, the systems, the psyches were created back then.

I know how precious life is. You had no right to take Renaud's and you have no right to take your own now. Not over this. Too much death. It needs to stop.