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Them Quotes by Daniel Handler
- There are secrets everywhere. I think everyone's parents have secrets. You just have to know where to look for them.
- A newspaper, as I'm sure you know, is a collection of supposedly true stories written down by writers who either saw them happen or talked…
- Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.
- This is love, to sit with someone you've known forever in a place you've been meaning to go, and watching as their life happens to…
- A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying…
- Everyone, at some point in their lives, wakes up in the middle of the night with the feeling that they are all alone in the…
- But there was more, as there always is when the love goes. She was haunted, naturally. Otherwise what is the point, why leave your rickety…
- When someone is crying, of course, the noble thing to do is to comfort them. But if someone is trying to hide their tears, it…
- The holiday season is a time for storytelling, and whether you are hearing the story of a candelabra staying lit for more than a week,…
- Most schools have a loud system of loud bells, which startle the students and teachers at regular intervals and remind them that time is passing…
- Miracles are like pimples, because once you start looking for them you find more than you ever dreamed you'd see.
- 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…
- It is a miracle if you can find true friends, and it is a miracle if you have enough food to eat, and it is…
- Dead women tell no tales. Sad men write them down.
- Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them.
- Members of your family might say they are working hard all day long, while you are off at school or clarinet lessons, but the only…
- Like People, animals will become frightened and likely do whatever you say if you whip them enough.
- There are many difficult things in this world to hide, but a secret is not one of them.
- There are some who go through life with a shadow hanging over them, particularly if they live in a building which has long wide awnings.
- Fetching objects for people who are too lazy to fetch them for themselves is never a pleasant task, particularly when the people are insulting you.
More Them Quotes
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle