The Four Sayings That Lead To Wisdom:

Few Things Are Better In The World Than A Room Full Of Librarians. I Consider Them Literary Heroes. The Keepers And Defenders Of The Written Word.

What Are You Afraid Of? I'm Afraid Of Not Recognizing Paradise.

Life Is Change. If You Aren't Growing And Evolving, You're Standing Still, And The Rest Of The World Is Surging Ahead.

I Had To Learn Compassion. Had To Learn What It Felt Like To Hate, And To Forgive And To Love And Be Loved. And To Lose People Close To Me. Had To Feel Deep Loneliness And Sorrow. And Then I Could Write.

But You Want Murderous Feelings? Hang Around Librarians," Confided Gamache. "all That Silence. Gives Them Ideas.