Jane Dugger

“I will admit that I just want an excuse to put all my favorite people in a room together.”
― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

“Had his own way of praying, he had said; that old excuse. As if we were meant to be solitary. As if the church were not about holding the community together, as this sinful one needed.”
― Frances Mayes, Swan

“I’ll pray that you grow up a brave man in a brave country,” Clara said. “I will pray you find a way to be useful,” Gamache completed the quote. Reine-Marie dropped her eyes to her hands and saw the paper napkin twisted and shredded there. Clara nodded slowly. “I think you might be right. Peter went to Paris not to find a new artistic voice. It was simpler than that. He wanted to find a way to be useful.”
― Louise Penny, The Long Way Home

“That was why she was happy. He now knew that happiness ad kindness went together. There was not one without the other. For Jean-Guy it was a struggle. For Annie it seemed natural.”
― Louise Penny, The Long Way Home