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“Myrna could spend happy hours browsing bookcases. She felt if she could just get a good look at a person’s bookcase and their grocery cart, she’d pretty much know who they were.”
― Louise Penny, Still Life

“We live in a world of guided missiles
and misguided men".”
― Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

“Every now and then, he pulled the books out and touched the bookmarks but hadn't yet found the strength to pick up where they left off, to read the rest of the story.”
― Louise Penny, How the Light Gets In

“I'm glad you keep the dumb beast on a leash. He's a menace.'

Gamache turned to see Ruth and Rosa closing in on them over the frozen road.

[...]

'Henri is not a dumb beast, Madame,' said Gamache.

'I know that,' snapped the poet. 'I was TALKING to Henri.”
― Louise Penny, How the Light Gets In

“Jeez,' said Beauvoir. 'The Inquisition. I didn't expect that.'

'No one does,' said Gamache.”
― Louise Penny, The Beautiful Mystery

“If the Québécois ever designed a car, the hood ornament would be a middle finger.”
― Louise Penny, How the Light Gets In

“But in his excitement and having eaten too fast, Henri gave himself away in an all too familiar fashion. In the front seat, both the Chief Inspector and Isabelle Lacoste cracked open their windows, preferring the bitter cold outside to what threatened to melt the upholstery inside.

'Does he do that often,' she gasped.

'It's a sign of affection, I'm told,' said the Chief, not meeting her eyes, 'a compliment.' Gamache paused, turning his head to window. 'A great compliment.'

Isabelle Lacoste smiled. She was used to similar compliments from her husband and now their young son. She wondered why the Y chromosome was so smelly.”
― Louise Penny, How the Light Gets In

“Jerome, hovering on the far side of seventy, was almost completely round, and had he been slightly smaller, Henri would have been tempted to chase him.”
― Louise Penny, How the Light Gets In

“While Henri had a huge heart, he had quite a modest brain. His head was taken up almost entirely by his ears. In fact, his head seemed simply a sort of mount for those ears. Fortunately, Henri didn't really need his head. He kept all the important things in his heart, except, perhaps, his current address.”
― Louise Penny, How the Light Gets In

“You suspect Ruth?" asked Myrna, a shadow of a smile on her face.

'I always suspect Ruth.”
― Louise Penny, How the Light Gets In

“Henri chose, if such a thing is a choice, to hand out another great compliment at that moment. Lacoste brought her hand to her face in an involuntary survival instinct. The dog, oblivious to the curdled air, looked around, his tags clinking cheerily together.”
― Louise Penny, How the Light Gets In

“He's easily fooled, I hear,' said Jerome. 'Famous for his credulity.'

'Most homicide detectives are,' agreed Gamache.”
― Louise Penny, How the Light Gets In

“I'm glad you keep the dumb beast on a leash. He's a menace.'

Gamache turned to see Ruth and Rosa closing in on them over the frozen road.

'Henri is not a dumb beast, Madame,' said Gamache.

'I know that,' snapped the poet. 'I was TALKING to Henri.”
― Louise Penny, How the Light Gets In

“Small puffs came from Ruth's mouth, and he presumed it was a chuckle. Or sulfur.”
― Louise Penny, How the Light Gets In

“What a thorough investigator you are, Armand,' said Jerome. 'You go all the way back to the womb.'

'Well, no one suspects a fetus,' said Gamache. 'That's their great advantage.”
― Louise Penny, How the Light Gets In

“Nichol came clomping down the stairs, not really disheveled, since she was rarely sheveled.”
― Louise Penny, How the Light Gets In

“As much fun as it would be to arrest Ruth for murder, he had to grudgingly give up that idea.”
― Louise Penny, How the Light Gets In

“So serious was the suddenly and suspiciously sober poet, that she'd forgotten to forget Myrna's name.”
― Louise Penny, How the Light Gets In

“More frightening than the thought was Ruth's use of Myrna's actual name. So serious was the suddenly and suspiciously sober poet, that she'd forgotten to forget Myrna's name.”
― Louise Penny, How the Light Gets In

“Can I get you a drink?' He stepped toward an old refrigerator.

'You used to stock it with beer,' said Clara, following him. "We'd have parties in your studio after class on Fridays.'

'Yes, can't do that anymore. New administration, new rules. Lemonade?' He offered them a beer.”
― Louise Penny, The Long Way Home

“Now get out there before he steals the condiments,' said the cook.
'I know the type. Sneaky.'

Constable Stuart stood up straight, miffed, then sneaked quickly back to his breakfast.”
― Louise Penny, The Long Way Home

“Gamache put his hand on Beauvoir's arm to stop him. 'Clara's in charge. She knows what she's doing.'

'She once ate potpourri thinking it was chips.' said Jean-Guy. 'She took a bath in soup, thinking it was bath salts. She turned a vacuum cleaner into a sculpture. She has no idea what she's doing.'

Gamache smiled. 'At least if it all goes south, we have someone else to blame for once.'

'YOU do,' mumbled Beauvoir, tossing his bag into the back of the van. 'I always blamed you anyway. I'm no further ahead.”
― Louise Penny, The Long Way Home