Daniel Handler Quotes

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• You might be afraid of the dark, but the dark is not afraid of you. That’s why the dark is always close by.
• If you have ever had a miserable experience, then you have probably had it said to you that you would feel better in the morning.…
• I do what I do," I said, "in order to do something else.
• But I must admit I miss you terribly. The world is too quiet without you nearby.
• It looked exhausting and pointless, two things that should be avoided at all costs
• Sometimes words are not enough. There are some circumstances so utterly wretched that I cannot describe them in sentences or paragraphs or even a whole…
• It was a curious feeling, that something could be so close and so distant at the same time.
• Sometimes the things you’ve lost can be found again in unexpected places.
• The expression 'Those who can't do, teach' is a curious one, because if you look at the world , you'll see that teachers aren't particularly…
• When trouble strikes, head to the library. You will either be able to solve the problem, or simply have something to read as the world…
• but it's far too late for us; ring, hair, letters, photographs--all traces of our love will be scattered then, like an anagram...
• Young writers should read books past bedtime and write things down in notebooks when they are supposed to be doing something else.
• Anyone who gives you a cinnamon roll fresh out of the oven is a friend for life.
• We are all told to ignore bullies. It's something they teach you, and they can teach you anything. It doesn't mean you learn it. It…
• Boredom is not black licorice, Snicket," she said. "There's no reason to share it with me.
• When you need a haircut, it looks like you have no one to take care of you.
• No reality has the power to dispel a dream.
• We weren't friends[...]We were more like jigsaw pieces, each of us part of the same big picture. There are people like this wherever you go.…
• Complimenting someone in an exaggerated way is known as flattery, and flattery will generally get you anything you want...
• [I]t was the color of someone buying you an ice cream cone for no reason at all.

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