Glass Houses
Louise Penny
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Three Pines is a state of mind. When we choose tolerance over hate. Kindness over cruelty. Goodness over bullying. When we choose to be hopeful, not cynical. Then we live in Three Pines.”
“We see it when bullies are in charge. It becomes part of the culture of an institution, a family, an ethnic group, a country. It becomes not just acceptable, but expected. Applauded even.”
“November was the transition month. A sort of purgatory. It was the cold damp breath between dying and death. Between fall and the dead of winter.”
“It wasn’t really, he knew, about less fear. It was about more courage.”
“There seems such a fine line between falling into place and falling apart.”
“But sometimes that comfort was an illusion. Masquerading as protecting, while actually imprisoning.”
“Look at Nuremberg. Why did the Holocaust happen?” “Because deluded, power-crazy leaders needed a common enemy,” said Clara. “No,” said Myrna. “It happened because no one stopped them. Not enough people stood up soon enough.”
“Henri kept everything important in his heart. He mostly kept cookies in his head.”
“He often said that words told them what someone was thinking, but the tone told them how they felt.”
“Yes, facts were necessary. But frankly, anyone could be trained to collect a bloodstain or find a hair. Or an affair. Or a bank balance that didn’t balance. But feelings? Only the bravest wandered into that fiery realm.”
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