“Normally death came at night, taking a person in their sleep, stopping their heart or tickling them awake, leading them to the bathroom with a splitting headache before pouncing and flooding their ...”

“Three Pines wasnt on any tourist map, being too far off any main or even secondary road. Like Narnia, it was generally found unexpectedly and with a degree of surprise that such an elderly village ...”

“Bang. Youre dead.Gamache swung around, but had recognised the voice an instant after hed begun to turn.Youre a sneak, Jean Guy. Im going to have to put a cow bell on you.Not again. It wasnt often h...”

“Why did he kill his own mother? Ruth asked.The oldest story in the book, said Gamache.Ben was a male prostitute? Gabri exclaimed.Thats the oldest profession. Where do you keep your head? asked Ruth...”

“She strong-armed the swinging door and walked through. Straight into an acid flashback.Claras first reaction was to laugh. She stood stunned for a moment then started to laugh. And laugh. And laugh...”

“Clara shrugged and immediately knew her betrayal of Peter. In one easy movement she'd distanced herself from his bad behavior, even thought she herself was responsible for it. Just before everyone ...”

“For the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.”

“The vast and beautiful world is the home we share together.”

“I stood there a long while, staring at that tree. It looked so strongSo beautiful. Hurt right down the middleBut alive and well. Cee touched my shoulderLightly. Frank? Yes? Come on, brother. Let's ...”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”