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61 " We are all of us marred and scarred and imperfect. We make mistakes. We do things we deeply regret. We are tempted and sometimes we give in to that temptation. Not because we’re bad or weak, but because we’re human. We are a crowd of faults. But know this.” He stood in complete silence for a moment, the huge auditorium motionless. “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.” He paused again. “I need help. Those are the signposts. The cardinal directions. "
― Louise Penny , A Great Reckoning (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #12)
62 " The lines of his face were the longitude and latitude of his life. The "
63 " But what she really should have been afraid of was words, ideas. Amelia knew that. And she knew that that was why drugs were so dangerous. Because they blew the mind. Not the heart. But the mind. And the heart followed. And the soul followed that. "
64 " Give bad news swiftly, and spread out the good news. Machiavelli. "
65 " I know what I’m doing,” said Armand. “And I know an epitaph when I hear it. "
66 " Even Google Maps doesn’t have it,” said Huifen. “And the GPS thinks we parked in the middle of the forest.” “The middle of nowhere,” said Jacques. “It’s still recalculating,” said Nathaniel. “She seemed quite concerned for us. "
67 " A portrait reveals the inner life, the secret life of the person. That’s what painters try to capture. But it’s one thing to hunt it down in someone else, and a whole other thing to turn the gun on ourselves. "