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Winning doesn't mean my book is better than anyone else's. It means I'm very fortunate. And I should be very, very aware of that. And grateful.

Louise Penny

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Louise Penny
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 1
Author
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
City of Toronto
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Or - perhaps - I should just worry about my own behavior and let others be who they are.
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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.
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What people mistook for safety was in fact captivity.
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Her voice was slightly accented but her French was perfect. Someone who'd not just learned the language but loved it. And it showed with every syllable. Gamache knew it was impossible to split language from culture. That without one the other withered. To love the language was to respect the culture.
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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.
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The women in the room chatted about love, about childhood, about losing parents, about Mr. Spock, about good books they'd read. They mothered each other.
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Every decade of my life I attempted to write a novel. But I had nothing to say. I was far too self-absorbed, and now I realize I was writing for others, so that they'd applaud me, see my genius, tell me how wonderful I am, or be jealous of my success.
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How much more courage it took to be kind than to be cruel.
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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
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To be honest, the only thing I ever really wanted to be was a writer - since I read 'Charlotte's Web' as a child.
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Fear lives in the head. And courage lives in the heart. The job is to get from one to the other.
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Things are strongest where they're broken.
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A journalist also needs to be disciplined, and so do I. I am, essentially, lazy. Without discipline I'd be just a mass of gummy bears on the sofa instead of on book tour with my eighth novel.
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In winter the very ground seemed to reach up and grab the elderly, yanking them to earth as though hungry for them.
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I've seen enough successful writers who no longer seem to care when they are recognized with an award, and I think that's just tragic.
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Where there is love there is courage, where there is courage there is peace, where there is peace there is God. And when you have God, you have everything.
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