Quotes About Awareness

But he knew he needn't worry. This man was afraid of nothing. "I count my blessings." He turned and saw Irene on the terrasse, as though he'd sensed her there. "We're all blessed and we're all blighted, Chief Inspector," said Finney. "Every day each of us does our sums. The question is, what do we count?" The old man brought his hand to his head and removed his hat, offering it to Gamache.

Which was why, Gamache knew, it was vital to be aware of actions in the present. Because the present became the past, and the past grew. And got up, and followed you.

Conscience. Imagine being pursued by your own conscience….A mountain of conscience. Throwing a lengthening shadow. Growing. Darkening.

Don't be so sure," said Gamache. "It's a little humbling to realize the pedestal isn't quite so high after all." Brebeuf chuckled. "Welcome to earth, Armand. It's a little dirty down here.

Below that was the thrum of bumblebees climbing in and over and around the peonies. Getting lost. Bumbling around. It looked comical, ridiculous. But then so much did, unless you knew.

Everything makes sense. Everything. We just don't know how yet.

You can't get milk from a hardware store. So stop asking for something that can't be given. And look for what is offered.

You're not quite as ignorant as you pretend, Chief Inspector." "Oh, my ignorance knows no bounds, Father.

Violent, intentional, death still surprised him, whether of a man or mouse.

Clara saw what others couldn't. Like that little boy in The Sixth Sense, but instead of seeing ghosts, Clara saw good. Which was itself pretty scary. So much more comforting to see bad in others; gives us all sorts of excuses for our own bad behavior. But good? No, only really remarkable people see the good in others.

Anyone could run around, not many could quietly wait. As they did now. But that didn't mean Chief Inspector Gamache and Inspector Lacoste did nothing. As they waited they took in their surroundings.

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

stick. It might look familiar to some of you,' she waited

there are generally three parties to child abuse. The abused, the abuser and the bystander. One parent does it but the other knows it's happening and does nothing.

To enjoy a freedom they no longer took for granted.

Armand Gamache had another skill that Brébeuf didn't seem to possess. He could disappear, when he chose. And it appeared he chose to disappear at that moment. Armand Gamache sat quietly. Almost a hole in the room.

He only stopped when he'd met himself again. The Armand who'd been standing on the side of the quiet road, in the middle of nowhere, waiting. At the intersection of truth and wishful thinking. Where the straight road splayed. And he knew then. They were all going down." p.40

Peter's a lucky man," he said. "Except in one respect. He doesn't seem to know how lucky he is.

Surrender to reality,

She'd found that most boys, even some not very bright men, understimated women.

Billy learned that trees had feelings and personalities of their own.

She leaned in closer and saw there was a sticker attached to the mirror. On it was written, 'You're looking at the problem.' Nichol immediately began searching the area behind her, the area reflected in the mirror, because the problem was there.

His magical thinking allowed him to be surprised that when such a good soul dies it isn't remarked. The bells of the church didn't set themselves off. The mice and deer didn't cry out. The earth didn't shudder. It should have.

El pasado siempre acaba encontrándote. Y por eso, Gamache lo sabía muy bien, era fundamental ser consciente de las acciones del presente. Porque el presente se convierte en el pasado, y el pasado va creciendo. Y se alza, y te sigue. Y te encuentra.