566 Quotes by Louise Penny

Hope itself wasn’t necessarily kind. Or a good thing.

Grief took a terrible toll. It was paid at every birthday, every holiday, each Christmas. It was paid when glimpsing the familiar handwriting, or a hat, or a balled-up sock. Or hearing a creak that could have been, should have been, a footstep. Grief took its toll each morning, each evening, every noon hour as those who were left behind struggled forward.

She was beginning to see how quickly something completely normal could suddenly seem sinister, if you chose to see it that way.

I turned down all the requests for the rights to the books, for years, mostly because they wanted the rights to the characters, and to turn it into a TV series. This would have allowed them to do anything they wanted with the characters, and that just wasn’t an option for me.

In my experience people who have been hurt either pass it on and become abusive themselves or they develop a great kindness.

No. It was almost impossible to electrocute someone these days, unless you were the governor of Texas.

Our lives are like a house. Some people are allowed on the lawn, some onto the porch, some get into the vestibule or kitchen. The better friends are invited deeper into our home, into our living room.

If stupid was sand, he’d be half the Sahara.

There is always a road back. If we have the courage to look for it, and take it. I’m sorry. I was wrong. I don’t know. I need help. These are the signposts. The cardinal directions.