Best Gamache Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“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.”

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Book:How the Light Gets In

Source: How the Light Gets In

“I see." Gamache lowered his voice, though all could still hear the words. "When I was Chief Superintendent, I had a framed poster in my office. On it were the last words of a favorite poet, Seamus Heaney. Noli timere. It's Latin. Do you know what it means?" He looked around the room. "Neither did I," he admitted when no one spoke. "I had to look it up. It means 'Be Not Afraid.' His eyes returned to the unhappy young agent. "In this job you'll have to do things that scare you. You might be afraid, but you must be brave. When I ask you to do something, you must trust there's a good reason. And I need to trust that you will do it. D'accord?”

Gamache Noli Timere

Book:A Better Man

Source: A Better Man

“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 when I'm observing, that's what I'm watching for. The choices people make.”

Mystery Murder Gamache

Book:Still Life

Source: Still Life

“If the Québécois ever designed a car, the hood ornament would be a middle finger.”

Gamache Louise Penny How The Light Gets In Quebecois

Book:How the Light Gets In

Source: 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.”

Dogs Gamache Louise Penny How The Light Gets In Ruth Zardo

Book:How the Light Gets In

Source: How the Light Gets In

“For Frère Mathieu, there were no more mysteries. He knew who took his life. And he now knew if there was a god and a heaven and angels, and even a celestial choir. It didn't bear thinking about what happened to the celestial choir when yet another director showed up.”

Gamache

Book:The Beautiful Mystery

Source: The Beautiful Mystery

“No, Beauvoir was not surprised that monks, when scratched, bled hypocrisy.”

Gamache

Book:The Beautiful Mystery

Source: The Beautiful Mystery

“Jeez,' said Beauvoir. 'The Inquisition. I didn't expect that.' 'No one does,' said Gamache.”

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Book:The Beautiful Mystery

Source: The Beautiful Mystery

“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.”

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Book:How the Light Gets In

Source: 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.”

Dogs Pets Gamache Louise Penny How The Light Gets In

Book:How the Light Gets In

Source: 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.”

Dogs Pets Gamache Louise Penny How The Light Gets In

Book:How the Light Gets In

Source: How the Light Gets In

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

Gamache Louise Penny How The Light Gets In

Book:How the Light Gets In

Source: 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.”

Dogs Pets Gamache Louise Penny How The Light Gets In

Book:How the Light Gets In

Source: How the Light Gets In

“He's easily fooled, I hear,' said Jerome. 'Famous for his credulity.' 'Most homicide detectives are,' agreed Gamache.”

Detective Gamache Louise Penny How The Light Gets In

Book:How the Light Gets In

Source: How the Light Gets In

“Small puffs came from Ruth's mouth, and he presumed it was a chuckle. Or sulfur.”

Gamache Louise Penny How The Light Gets In Ruth Zardo

Book:How the Light Gets In

Source: 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.”

Detective Gamache Louise Penny How The Light Gets In

Book:How the Light Gets In

Source: How the Light Gets In

“Nichol came clomping down the stairs, not really disheveled, since she was rarely sheveled.”

Gamache Louise Penny How The Light Gets In Disheveled

Book:How the Light Gets In

Source: 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.”

Murder Gamache Louise Penny How The Light Gets In Ruth Zardo

Book:How the Light Gets In

Source: How the Light Gets In

“So serious was the suddenly and suspiciously sober poet, that she'd forgotten to forget Myrna's name.”

Gamache Louise Penny How The Light Gets In Ruth Zardo

Book:How the Light Gets In

Source: 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.”

Gamache Louise Penny How The Light Gets In Ruth Zardo

Book:How the Light Gets In

Source: 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.”

Beer Lemonade Gamache Louise Penny The Long Way Home

Book:The Long Way Home

Source: 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.”

Sneaky Gamache Louise Penny The Long Way Home

Book:The Long Way Home

Source: 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.”

Gamache Louise Penny Beauvoir The Long Way Home

Book:The Long Way Home

Source: The Long Way Home

“I often think we should have tattooed on the back of whatever hand we use to shoot or write, 'I might be wrong.”

Humility Mistakes Guns Tattoos Gamache

Book:A Fatal Grace

Source: A Fatal Grace