566 Quotes by Louise Penny

Give bad news swiftly, and spread out the good news. Machiavelli.” Charpentier.

They’re kind. Content. They don’t judge. They don’t hide their feelings. There’s no hidden agenda. Complete acceptance. If that isn’t grace, I don’t know what is. I’m not saying people with Down syndrome are perfect or always easy. That would be to trivialize them, make them sound like pets. What I am saying is that in my experience they make better humans than most.” He smiled again. “Than me. And I think that’s worth fighting for, don’t you?

To be honest, the only thing I ever really wanted to be was a writer – since I read ‘Charlotte’s Web’ as a child.

And now you see why lies matter. The actual fib might not matter, but what it shows us is that what you say can’t always be trusted. You can’t always be trusted.

Gamache was the best of them, the smartest and bravest and strongest because he was willing to go into his own head alone, and open all the doors there, and enter all the dark rooms. And make friends with what he found there.

Irene Finney, like many very elderly people, knew that the world was indeed flat. It had a beginning and an end. And she had come to the edge.

Not a spoon clinked against a mug, not a creamer was popped, peeled and opened, not a breath. It was as though something else had joined them then. As though silence had taken a seat.

But, like peace, comfort didn’t come from hiding away or running away. Comfort first demanded courage.

Jeez,” said Beauvoir. “The Inquisition. I didn’t expect that.” “No one does,” said Gamache.