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.

Let every man shovel out his own snow, and the whole city will be passable," said Gamache. Seeing Beauvoir's puzzled expression he added, "Emerson." "Lake and Palmer?" "Ralph and Waldo.

What haunted people even, perhaps especially, on their deathbed? What chased them, tortured them and brought some of them to their knees? And [he] thought he had the answer. Regret. Regret for things said, things done, and things not done. Regret for the people they might have been. And failed to be.

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

To be honest, the only thing I ever really wanted to be was a writer - since I read 'Charlotte's Web' as a child.

But, like peace, comfort didn't come from hiding away or running away. Comfort first demanded courage.

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