566 Quotes by Louise Penny

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

I don’t know, Armand. It made me sick. And sad. And glad I live far – ” “From the madding crowd?” Vincent Gilbert smiled and nodded. “Yes. I peek out every now and then, then scuttle back to my little cabin, where I hope so-called civilization won’t find me.

The reason “belonging” was so potent, so attractive, so much a part of the human yearning, was that it also meant safety, and loyalty. If you were “one of us” you were protected.

Go now to your dwelling place to enter into the days of your togetherness. And may your days be good and long upon the earth.

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. That lasted a while,’ she admitted. ‘Now all I really crave is a good bowel movement.

Tea lights were lit and placed on the table and around the garden, so that it looked like large fireflies had settled in for the evening.

When I miss things or let them pass they gather in a heap then rise up and take a life. So, I try not to.

And fear. High school smelled of that more than anything else, even more than sweaty feet, cheap perfume and rotten bananas.

Plenty of time for a close friendship to turn to hate. As only a good friendship could. The conduit to the heart was already created.