15 Most Thought-Provoking Quotes from Louise Penny’s All the Devils Are Here

The truth is often bitter and hurtful. And truth acknowledged too late is hell. Make no mistake, no matter how much you try to bury it, it will always resurface. No cages exist which can lock up the truth.

Life is bittersweet. It can be hell as well as heaven. If you set your eyes on the darkness of life, you’ll always miss the light. As much as there is sorrow and suffering, there is beauty and happiness equally.

Patience is a virtue that never goes unrewarded. With patience, you get the allowance of choice. And those who can choose yield power over those without any choice.

Darkness and light are two sides of the same coin. They exist in cohesion. Without the darkness and shadows, you would never have known the value and worth of the light.

The right path is not always the easiest. You’ll have to walk on trails of fire and roads of thorns if you choose to do the right thing. It may be hurtful, heartbreaking, and gut-wrenching, but that does not mean it is wrong.

There was nothing right or good in dying for your country, A necessity, sometimes, yes, But always a tragedy. -Louise Penny

Joy isn’t something that you plan and orchestrate. It’s something that comes uninvited and unplanned. You may have power over the situations that you are in, but you cannot create joy. It just happens on its own.

We take peace at face value, we always take it for granted. Violence is a deadly and wretched hell. And anything that can bring you peace is so much more valuable than you may realize. Learn to appreciate what you have and acknowledge the worth of the blessings that you so often overlook.

Most things of beauty are often the ones most dangerous. The worst thing that you can do is to judge something but its cover. What may look harmless and simple often hide within them dangers that you may not even know of.

There are no boxes that can contain the truth or graves that may bury it. No matter how much you try, nothing can stop the truth. Sooner or later, it will always resurface.

Life is just kind as it is cruel. It is as beautiful as it is ugly. It depends entirely on you what you wish to see. You can either set your eyes on the macabre and wretched or on the beautiful and wonderful. The choice you make will decide how your life will be.

It’s easy to see the bad side of things. But goodness often goes unnoticed. People’s gazes are always set on the negatives and rarely on the divine and wonderful.

Things are much more easily destroyed than they are built. It takes less effort to destroy something than to create it. Relationships, bonds, structures, all of them are susceptible to uncertainties of life.

Our minds have a wicked way to play tricks on us. We overthink so easily. Our thoughts often cripple us as we fail to see the falsities in them. Do not believe everything that your mind conjures up.

Power and money are alluring and infectious. They change a person in ways that may not always be for the good. The endeavor for power and money brings out the worst in them, corrupting their morals and poisons their souls.