566 Quotes by Louise Penny

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    This used to be my drug of choice. In my teens my drug of choice was acceptance, in my twenties it was approval, in my thirties it was love, in my forties it was Scotch.

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    Yes, the real danger always came from the thing you couldn’t see.

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    Before laptops and BlackBerries and all the other tools that mistook information for knowledge. It was an old library, filled with old books and dusty old thoughts.

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    No learning curve at all, marveled Gamache. But he realized Henri already knew all he’d ever need. He knew he was loved. And he knew how to love.

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    A populist feeding anger and fear is more likely to get elected.

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    It’s about what happens when gullibility and fear meet greed and power.

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    What was it Oscar Wilde said?” “I can resist everything except temptation.

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    They all had them. Secrets. But some stank more than others.

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