566 Quotes by Louise Penny

But never, ever mistake kindness for weakness.

Yes, I do. The ones who aren’t growing and evolving, who are standing still. They’re the ones who rarely got better.’ ‘Yes, that was it,’ said Gamache. ‘They waited for life to happen to them. They waited for someone to save them. Or heal them. They did nothing for themselves.’ ‘Ben,’ said Peter.

When someone stabs you it’s not your fault that you feel pain.

I’ll pray that you grow up a brave man in a brave country,” Clara said. “I will pray you find a way to be useful,” Gamache completed the quote.

Three craggy pine trees had stood at the far end of the green for as long as anyone remembered, like wise men who’d found what they were looking for.

All the mistakes I’ve made have been because I’ve assumed something and then acted as though it was fact. Very dangerous, Agent Lemieux. Believe me. I wonder if you haven’t already leaped to a false conclusion?

Ruth believed in precycling. An evolution on recycling. She made use of things before people threw them out.

In time, it wasn’t all that long ago, but measured in events, it was an eternity.

Chief Inspector Gamache knew one thing about hate. It bound you forever to the person you hated.