Louise Penny was born in 1958; she is a Canadian author of mystery novels set in the Canadian province of Quebec centred on the work of Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec.
Louise Penny Life
Fear lives in the head. And courage lives in the heart. The job is to get from one to the other. And between the two is the lump in the throat, Louise Penny
Fear lives in the head. And courage lives in the heart. The job is to get from one to the other. And between the two is the lump in the throat,
In order to be truly happy, you must live along with, and you must stand for something larger than yourself. Louise Penny
In order to be truly happy, you must live along with, and you must stand for something larger than yourself.
I've been treating you with courtesy and respect because that's the way I choose to treat everyone. But never, ever mistake kindness with weakness. Louise Penny
I've been treating you with courtesy and respect because that's the way I choose to treat everyone. But never, ever mistake kindness with weakness.
I'm just like this. I have no talent for choosing my battles. Life seems, strangely, like a battle to me. The whole thing. Louise Penny
I'm just like this. I have no talent for choosing my battles. Life seems, strangely, like a battle to me. The whole thing.
Things are strongest where they're broken. Louise Penny
Things are strongest where they're broken.
Where there is love there is courage, where there is courage there is peace, where there is peace there is God. And when you have God, you have everything. Louise Penny
Where there is love there is courage, where there is courage there is peace, where there is peace there is God. And when you have God, you have everything.
I was tired of seeing the Graces always depicted as beautiful young things. I think wisdom comes with age and life and pain. And knowing what matters. Louise Penny
I was tired of seeing the Graces always depicted as beautiful young things. I think wisdom comes with age and life and pain. And knowing what matters.
People instinctively let down their guard when they saw a limp, an illness, a flaw in someone else. Not out of compassion but because it made them feel superior. Louise Penny
People instinctively let down their guard when they saw a limp, an illness, a flaw in someone else. Not out of compassion but because it made them feel superior.
It was a perfect time of year, when late summer flowers were still blooming and the leaves were turning, and the grass was still green, but the nights were chilly and sweaters were out and fires were beginning to be lit. Louise Penny
It was a perfect time of year, when late summer flowers were still blooming and the leaves were turning, and the grass was still green, but the nights were chilly and sweaters were out and fires were beginning to be lit.
Nature, she knew, abhorred a vacuum, and these people, faced with an information vacuum, had filled it with their fears. Louise Penny
Nature, she knew, abhorred a vacuum, and these people, faced with an information vacuum, had filled it with their fears.
But they both knew that words were weapons too, and when fashioned into a story their power was almost limitless. Louise Penny
But they both knew that words were weapons too, and when fashioned into a story their power was almost limitless.
When someone stabs you it's not your fault that you feel pain. Louise Penny
When someone stabs you it's not your fault that you feel pain.