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181 " Abby Hoffman said we should all eat what we kill. That would put an end to war. "
― Louise Penny , Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)
182 " Armand Gamache had always held unfashionable beliefs. He believed the light would banish the shadows. That kindness was more powerful than cruelty, and that goodness existed, even in the most desperate places. He believed that evil had its limits. "
― Louise Penny , How the Light Gets In (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #9)
183 " Most of us are great with change, as long as it was our idea. "
184 " Most unhappiness comes from not being able to sit quietly in a room. "
― Louise Penny , The Brutal Telling (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #5)
185 " Most of us are great with change, as long it was our idea. But change imposed from the outside can send some people into a tailspin. - Myrna Landers "
186 " I'm just like this. I have no talent for choosing my battles. Life seems, strangely, like a battle to me. The whole thing. "
187 " Where other women ... were lovely, Annie Gamache was alive. Late, too late, Jean Guy Beauvoir had come to appreciate how very important it was, how very attractive it was, how very rare it was, to be fully alive. "
― Louise Penny , A Trick of the Light (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #7)
188 " Beauvoir knew that the root of all evil wasn’t money. No, what created and drove evil was fear. Fear of not having enough money, enough food, enough land, enough power, enough security, enough love. Fear of not getting what you want, or losing what you have. "
― Louise Penny , The Beautiful Mystery (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #8)
189 " She picked up her book and tried to read but it was heavy in her hands. She struggled to hold it, wanting to finish the story, wanting to know how it ended. She was afraid she'd run out of time before she ran out of book. "
― Louise Penny , A Fatal Grace (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #2)
190 " 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. "
― Louise Penny
191 " In my experience people who have been hurt either pass it on and become abusive themselves or they develop a great kindness. "
192 " ...while forgetting the past might condemn people to repeat it, remembering it too vividly condemned them to never leave. "
― Louise Penny , Bury Your Dead (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #6)
193 " She wasn’t afraid to be wrong. And that, the Chief knew, was a great strength. "
194 " The women in the room chatted about love, about childhood, about losing parents, about Mr. Spock, about good books they'd read. They mothered each other. "
195 " Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table, "
196 " ...it was vital to be aware of actions in the present. Because the present became the past, and the past grew. And got up, and followed you. "
197 " the four statements that lead to wisdom: I don’t know. I need help. I was wrong. I’m sorry. "
― Louise Penny , Kingdom of the Blind (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #14)
198 " I've been desperately unhappy in my life." Her voice was quiet. "Have you, Chief Inspector?"It wasn't a response he could have predicted. He nodded."I thought so. I think people who have had that experience and survived have a responsibility to help others. We can't let someone drown where we were saved. "
199 " Consequences,” said Gamache. “We must always consider the consequences of our actions. Or inaction. It won’t necessarily change what we do, but we need to be aware of the effect. "
― Louise Penny , A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #15)
200 " It's a shame that creativity and sloth look exactly the same. "
― Louise Penny , A Rule Against Murder (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #4)