Things are strongest where they're broken.

But you want murderous feelings? Hang around librarians," confided Gamache. "All that silence. Gives them ideas.

We're all blessed and we're all blighted, Chief Inspector," said Finney. "Everyday each of us does our sums. The question is, what do we count?

Fear lives in the head. And courage lives in the heart. The job is to get from one to the other.

The question that haunted every investigation was 'why'.

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

Things are strongest where they're broken.