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One Quotes by Daniel Handler
- Wishing, like sipping a glass of punch, or pulling aside a bearskin rug in order to access a hidden trapdoor in the floor, is merely…
- Having an aura of menace is like having a pet weasel, because you rarely meet someone who has one, and when you do, it makes…
- I'm jealous of your hooks," Kevin replied. "Having no hands is better than having two equally strong hands." Don't be ridiculous," one of the white-faced…
- It is very frustrating not to be understood in this world. If you say one thing and keep being told that you mean something else,…
- It is very useful, when one is young, to learn the difference between "literally" and "figuratively." If something happens literally, it actually happens; if something…
- One of the world's most tiresome questions is what object one would bring to a desert island,because people always answer "a deck of cards" or…
- In love, as in life, one misheard word can be tremendously important. If you tell someone you love them, for instance, you must be absolutely…
- There are some people who believe that home is where one hangs one's hat, but these people tend to live in closets and on little…
- Unless you have been very, very lucky, you have undoubtedly experienced events in your life that have made you cry. So unless you have been…
- There are those who say that life is like a book, with chapters for each event in your life and a limited number of pages…
- One of the most difficult things to think about in life is one’s regrets. Something will happen to you, and you will do the wrong…
- The way sadness works is one of the strangest riddles of the world.
- One of the remarkable things about love is that, despite very irritating people writing poems and songs about how pleasant it is, it really is…
- There are many difficult things in this world to hide, but a secret is not one of them.
- Waiting is one of life’s hardships.
- I'm not a believer in predetermined fates, being rewarded for one's efforts. I'm not a believer in karma. The reason why I try to be…
- If you have ever slept in a covered casserole dish on the highest peak of a mountain range, then you know that it is an…
- But the law is an odd thing. For instance, one country in Europe has a law that requires all its bakers to sell bread at…
- Simply put, dramatic irony is when a person makes a harmless remark, and someone else who hears it knows something that makes the remark have…
- it is a sad truth in life that when someone has lost a loved one, friends sometimes avoid the person, just when the presence of…
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- Grief makes one hour ten. — William Shakespeare
- A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle