145 quotes found
Author · Canadian · 1958
Canadian author (born 1958)
“Not everything buried is actually dead. For many, the past is alive.”
“To be silent. In hopes of not offending, in hopes of being accepted. But what happened to people who never spoke, never raised their voices? Kept everything inside?Gamache knew what happened. Every...”
“They stared ahead. Silent. Morin had never realized murderers were caught in silence. But they were.”
“Life is choice. All day, every day. Who we talk to, where we sit, what we say, how we say it. And our lives become defined by our choices. It's as simple and as complex as that. And as powerful. So...”
“And Beauvoir knew then the man was a saint. He's been touched by any number of medical men and women. All healers, all well intentioned, some kind, some rough. All made it clear they wanted him to ...”
“As the boys screamed and hauled off handfuls of mulch, Olivier had slowly, deliberately, gently taken Gabris hand and held it before gracefully lifting it to his lips. The boys had watched, momenta...”
“Jesus, is Gamache hiring fetuses now?”
“She taught me that life goes on, and that I had a choice. To lament what I no longer had or be grateful for what remained.”
“. .his cell phone didn't work in Three Pines, and neither did email. He almost expected to see messages fluttering back and forth in the sky above the village, unable to descend.”
“But we don't have to react. That's what I'm saying. A police force, like a government, should be above that. Just because we're provoked doesn't mean we have to act. -- Still Life”
“The fault lies with us, and only us. It's not fate, not genetics, not bad luck, and it's definitely not Mom and Dad. Ultimately it's us and our choices...but the most powerful spectacular thing is ...”
“Gamache nodded. It was what made his job so fascinating, and so difficult. How the same person could be both kind and cruel, compassionate and wretched. Unraveling a murder was more about getting t...”
“Murder was deeply human. A person was killed and a person killed. And what powered the final thrust wasn't a whim, wasn't an event. It was an emotion. Something once healthy and human had become wr...”
“Life is change. If you aren't growing and evolving, you're standing still, and the rest of the world is surging ahead.”
“I often think we should have tattooed on the back of whatever hand we use to shoot or write, 'I might be wrong.”
“We're all blessed and we're all blighted, Chief Inspector," said Finney. "Everyday each of us does our sums. The question is, what do we count?”
“When Olivier had been taken away Gamache had sat back down and stared at the sack. what could be worse than Chaos, Despair, War?What would even the Mountain flee from? Gamache had given it a lot of...”
“But you knew what would happen. Why would you choose to walk right into a situation where you know the person is going to be hurtful? It kills me to see you do that, and you do it all the time. It'...”
“Homes, Gamache knew, were a self portrait. A person's choice of color, furnishing, pictures, every touch revealed the individual. God, or the devil, was in the details. And so was the human. Was it...”
“Photos sat on the piano and shelves bulged with books, testament to a life well lived.”
