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

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

The night is a strawberry.

Life is change. If you aren't growing and evolving, you're standing still, and the rest of the world is surging ahead.

I'm just like this. I have no talent for choosing my battles. Life seems, strangely, like a battle to me. The whole thing.

What are you afraid of? I'm afraid of not recognizing Paradise.

It is very, very dangerous to come between a person and their beliefs.