566 Quotes by Louise Penny

I think you might try leading your life as though it’s just you. If he comes back and you know your life will be better with him, then great. But you’ll also know you’re enough on your own.

In grief people were themselves and not themselves.

Ring the bells that still can ring, Forget your perfect offering, There’s a crack in everything, That’s how the light gets in.

I think many people love their problems. Gives them all sorts of excuses for not growing up and getting on with life.

It wasn’t really, he knew, about less fear. It was about more courage.

Their creations eventually die of neglect, of malnourishment. And sometimes, when that happens the artist also dies.

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.

He now knew that happiness and kindness went together.

If kind acts could protect us from tragedy, thought Lacoste, the world would be a kinder place.