"To be silent. In hopes of not offending, in hopes of being accepted. But what happened to people who never spoke, never raised their voices? Kept everything inside? Gamache knew what happened. Everything they swallowed, every word, thought, feeling rattled around inside, hollowing the person out. And into that chasm they stuffed their words, their rage."

-- Louise Penny

#Voice Quotes #Offending Quotes #People Quotes

“My plant is probably dead." Camryn looks slightly surprised. "You have a plant?" I smile. "Yeah, her name's Georgia.”
“I love my kids with all my heart and the last thing I want to worry about is the air they breathe.”
“Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.”
“The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history.”
“I didn't allow failure to break my heart. So I wouldn't allow success to bloat my head.”
“Power comes and goes. It can vanish in the twinkling of an eye, like smoke dissolving in the air.”
“The worlds I paint leave a lot to engage the imagination by hinting at what lies beyond the four edges of the painting.”
“Wanted: More Praise I cannot help believing that the world will be a better and a happier place when people are praised more and blamed less; when we utter in their hearing the good we think and also gently intimate the criticisms we hope may be of service. For the world grows smaller every day. It will be but a family circle after a while.”

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