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Louise Penny is a Canadian author renowned for her mystery novel series, set in the backdrop of Quebec, Canada. Her works are known for their intricate plotlines and nuanced psychological portrayals.

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“A good journalist, as you know, is a great listener. And so's a good writer. And I got to listen to people for almost 20 years. That serves me well, I hope, when I try to understand how a character might be feeling, or how they might react.”

People Knows Trying Years Wells Character Feelings Might Journalist Listeners Good Writers

Author:Louise Penny

“I had to learn compassion. Had to learn what it felt like to hate, and to forgive and to love and be loved. And to lose people close to me. Had to feel deep loneliness and sorrow. And then I could write.”

People Feels Writing Hate Felt Loses Compassion Loneliness Sorrow Forgiving

Author:Louise Penny

“What people mistook for safety was in fact captivity.”

People Facts Safety Captivity

Book:The Chief Inspector Gamache Series

Source: The Chief Inspector Gamache Series

“No good ever comes from putting up walls. What people mistake for safety is in fact captivity. And few things thrive in captivity.”

People Facts Mistake Wall Safety Thrive Captivity

Author:Louise Penny

“Foolish people are never harmless. Stupidity accounts for as many crimes as anger and greed.”

People Crime Accounts Greed Stupidity Foolish

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“What haunted people even, perhaps especially, on their deathbed? What chased them, tortured them and brought some of them to their knees? And [he] thought he had the answer. Regret. Regret for things said, things done, and things not done. Regret for the people they might have been. And failed to be.”

People Has Beens Said Done Might Answers Regret Knees Might Have Been Things Done Deathbed

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“I went through a period in my life when I had no friends, when the phone never rang, when I thought I would die from loneliness. I know that the real blessing here isn't that I have a book published, but that I have so many people to thank.”

People Knows Book Real Dies Loneliness Periods Blessing Phones No Friends

Book:Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

Source: Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

“Aid workers, when handing out food to starving people, quickly learn that the people fighting for it at the front are the people who need it least. It's the people sitting quietly at the back, too weak to fight, who need it the most. And so too with tragedy.”

People Needs Fighting Fronts Sitting Weak Tragedy Workers Aids Starving Sitting Quietly

Book:The Chief Inspector Gamache Series

Source: The Chief Inspector Gamache Series

“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. Everything they swallowed, every word, thought, feeling rattled around inside, hollowing the person out. And into that chasm they stuffed their words, their rage.”

People Persons Feelings Voice Happened Silent Raised Rage Accepted Spokes Chasms Offending Being Accepted

Author:Louise Penny

“Life is choice. All day, everyday. 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 when I'm observing that's what I'm watching for. The choices people make”

People Life Is Choices Simple Powerful Our Lives Complexes Everyday Defined Observing Our Choices

Book:Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

Source: Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

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Born: July 1, 1958
Known for: Author
Quotes: 153

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