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One Quotes by Daniel Handler
- Writing is a dying form. One reads of this every day.
- The smell of cooking food is often a calming one.
- In the time since the Baudelaire parents' death, most of the Baudelaire orphans' friends had fallen by the wayside, an expression wich here means "they…
- 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…
- the table of elements does not contain one of the most powerful elements that make up our world, and that is the element of surprise.
- There are so many movies like this, where you thought you were smarter than the screen but the director was smarter than you, of course…
- They say love's like a bus, and if you wait long enough another one will come along, but not in this place where the buses…
- The expression "following suit" is a curious one, because it has nothing to do with walking behind a matching set of clothing. If you follow…
- ...and then of course the music sprang up, lousy rock as bold and dull as a giant potato. “Love this song,†Todd said, like it…
- Never mind what my name is,†the man said. “No one can pronounce it anyway. Just call me Sir.
- Desperation is like a spilled drink; even if it's delicious, no one will get near it. Cultivate an aura of glamorous unapproachability.
- Certain people have said that the world is like a calm pond, and that anytime a person does even the smallest thing, it is as…
- I think I’ve always believed that there is one person in the universe who you’re truly meant for–for whom you are truly meant–and the fact…
- One cannot spend forever sitting and solving the mysteries of oone's history.
- Twenty-six,†you said. “One for each day we’ve been together, Min.â€Somebody oohed. Somebody shushed them. “And I hope that someday I’ll do another something stupid…
- If you don’t care about something, one way to demonstrate your feelings is to say the word and then repeat the word with the letters…
- An Overall Feeling of Doom that One Cannot Ever Escape no Matter What One Does
- In times of extreme stress, one can often find energy hidden in even the most exhausted areas of the body.
- The library was one enormous room, with long, high metal shelves and the perfect quiet that libraries provide for anyone looking for an answer.
- There was something I was always very good at, however, and that was teaching myself not to be frightened while frightening things are going on.…
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- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
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- Trust is the one most important base on which the beautiful building of strong friendship can be built. — Anurag Prakash Ray
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- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- We construct a narrative for ourselves, and that's the thread that we follow from one day to the next. People who disintegrate… — Paul Auster
- Grief makes one hour ten. — William Shakespeare
- A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. — Aristotle