Quotes About Understanding

Still, it had been a revealing exchange, and that was his job. To get people to reveal themselves.

Nature is talking to us all the time, it's just hearing that's the problem.

explorer, Armand Gamache delved into what people thought, but mostly how they felt. Because that was where actions were conceived. Noble acts. And acts of the greatest cruelty.

everyone had strengths. And weaknesses. The important thing was to recognize them. And not expect something from someone who didn't have it to give.

You know, don't you," Armand said, "that almost every parent feels like you do at some stage. Wishes they could go back to a carefree life. I can't tell you how often Reine-Marie and I looked at Daniel and Annie throwing tantrums and wished they were someone else's children

My father taught me poetry. We'd go for long walks through Outremont and onto Mont Royal, and he'd recite poetry. I'd repeat it. Not well, most of the words meant nothing to me, but I remembered it all, every word. Only later did I realize what it meant." "And what did it mean?" "It meant the world," said Gamache. "My father died when I was nine.

Armand wondered if Florence understood that line from The Little Prince. He hadn't, as a child. It was only as he got older that he knew it to be true.

That moment of horror had finally given the young gardener what she'd longed for. Company. Acceptance. It was too bad it came at such a cost, but then peace often did.

Scientists might appear rational, but they were in fact completely at the mercy of their emotions. Because most never learned to face them.

When he looked at her he didn't see the wild, untamable hair, the billowing frocks, the Dollar-rama store horn-rimmed spectacles. No. He saw his safe harbor.

four sentences that lead to wisdom.

After thirty-two years of marriage he still couldn't get enough of Reine-Marie. He knew if she ever accompanied him on a murder investigation she would do the appropriate thing. She always seemed to know the right thing to do. Never any drama, never confusion. He trusted her.

Inviting her, it seemed, to understand. What it meant to love so completely that all you wanted from that person was companionship.

They stole the files of everyone who was involved in the raid. Who came to you for help. Who told you everything. All their fears, their vulnerabilities. What they want from life. What matters to them. A road map in their heads.

What is essential is invisible to the

I'm sorry, I don't know, I need help, I forget.

One of Gilbert's favorite quotes was from Henry David Thoreau. The question is not what you look at, but what you see.

Gamache in anger. "He knew that's

The Chief nodded. He

There are three couplings,' said Myrna, herself leaning forward now, and whispering though she didn't know why. 'Attachment masquerades as Love, Pity as Compassion and Indifference as Equanimity.

first two were obvious.

Oscar Wilde said there's no sin except stupidity.

he understands," said Gamache quietly, as though

Gamache listened closely. To the words. The tone. The space between the words.