Daniel Handler Quotes

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• You should never stick something that you are allergic to into your mouth, especially if that thing is cats.
• Deciding whether or not to trust a person is like deciding whether or not to climb a tree because you might get a wonderful view…
• So she loved him. She just did immediately and again often and clearly naturally and soundly and obviously and many others.
• You meet people who are in pain in life and love and you forgive them for behaving the way they do.
• And when love is over when the diner of love seems closed from the outside you want all those hours back along with anything you…
• Everything. A letter may be coded, and a word may be coded. A theatrical performance may be coded, and a sonnet may be coded, and…
• You'd think that sweet would be a land far, far away from irritating, but as it turns out they're right next door, and always having…
• For Beatrice, when we met, my life began. Soon afterwards, yours ended.
• For Beatrice, our love broke my heart, and stopped yours.
• For Beatrice, when we first met, I was lonely, and you were pretty. Now I am pretty lonely.
• Olaf: Of course I'm trying to trick you! That's the way of the world, Baudelaires. Everyone runs around with their secrets and their schemes, trying…
• I never want to be away from you again, except at work, in the restroom or when one of us is at a movie the…
• All cannot be lost when there is still so much being found
• The difference between a house and a home is like the difference between a man and a woman-- it might be embarrassing to explain, but…
• An apocryphal story - the word "apocryphal" here means "obviously untrue" - tells of two people, long ago, who were very bored, and that instead…
• It is much, much worse to receive bad news through the written word than by somebody simply telling you, and I’m sure you understand why.…
• Are you ready?" Klaus asked finally. "No," Sunny answered. "Me neither," Violet said, "but if we wait until we're ready we'll be waiting for the…
• Everybody will die, but very few people want to be reminded of that fact.
• Friends can make you feel that the world is smaller and less sneaky than it really is, because you know people who have similar experiences.
• Money is like a child—rarely unaccompanied. When it disappears, look to those who were supposed to be keeping an eye on it while you were…

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