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1 " Don’t believe everything you think. "
― Louise Penny , A Great Reckoning (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #12)
2 " Don't be so sure," said Gamache. "It's a little humbling to realize the pedestal isn't quite so high after all."Brebeuf chuckled. "Welcome to earth, Armand. It's a little dirty down here. "
3 " Michael Brebeuf had long hated Armand. But he had loved him even longer. "
4 " The world turned upside down,' Beauvoir continued. 'It was at once more beautiful and more frightening than you'd been led to believe. And suddenly you didn't know what to do. Who to trust. Where to turn. It's terrifying. Being lost is so much worse than being on the wrong road. That's why people stay on it for so long. "
5 " It was like archeology. There was digging and there was dirt. And there was broken things. "
6 " 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. "
7 " It’s so easy to get mired in the all too obvious cruelty of the world. It’s natural. But to really heal, we need to recognize the goodness too. "
8 " Don’t believe everything you think,” said Gamache, before releasing the hand and opening the door. “Pema Chödrön. A Buddhist nun. "
9 " When someone shoots at us, we return fire,” said Jean-Guy. Now Jacques did nod. “But it’s equally important that when someone is kind to us, we return that as well, "
10 " One must always have a song in the heart.” “And an éclair in the hand, "
11 " The lines of his face were the longitude and latitude of his life. "
12 " Things are strongest where they’re broken, "
13 " Love and worry. They went hand in hand. Fellow travelers. "
14 " Your brain is your weapon. "
15 " It’s too easy to feed the anger. Too cowardly to stoke the hate. You must look inside yourself and decide who you are and who you want to be. Character is not created in times like these. It’s revealed. This is a trying time. A testing time. Be careful.” Chapter 14 · Page 122 · Location 2188 "
16 " It was a careworn face. But most of the lines, if followed back like a trail, would lead to happiness. To the faces a face made when laughing or smiling, or sitting quietly enjoying the day. Though some of those lines led elsewhere. Into a wilderness, into the wild. Where terrible things had happened. Some of the lines of his face led to events inhuman and abominable. To horrific sights. To unspeakable acts. Some of them his.The lines of his face were the longitude and latitude of his life. "
17 " She suspected if they looked in Gamache’s bedside table, they’d find all sorts of lost souls he put there for safekeeping. And maybe a baguette. "
18 " Don't believe everything you think. "
19 " Anyone could be clever. Anyone could be smart. Anyone could be taught. But not everyone was kind."Chapter 1 · Page 10 · Location 202 "
20 " There is always a road back. If we have the courage to look for it, and take it. "
