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Thinking Quotes by Daniel Handler
- I like to give people novels I think they would like, on no particular occasion - just when we're in a bookstore together. I like…
- How wrong to think I was anyone else, like thinking grass stains make you a beautiful view, like getting kissed makes you kissable, like feeling…
- There are secrets everywhere. I think everyone's parents have secrets. You just have to know where to look for them.
- I can't think of a story that doesn't have something terrible in it. Otherwise, it's dull. So when I embarked into the world of picture…
- I kind of always think my work is unfilmable, and when I meet people who are interested in filming it, I'm always stunned.
- I was not a particularly brave child, I think, because I had a narrative mind, because my mind automatically went to any terrible thing that…
- I'm always interested to see what films are made of books. I kind of don't participate as a filmgoer in any kind of debate about…
- People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion…
- Thinking about something is like picking up a stone when taking a walk, either while skipping rocks on the beach, for example, or looking for…
- It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually…
- Anyone who knew Violet well could tell she was thinking hard, because her long hair was tied up in a ribbon to keep it out…
- The burning of a book is a sad, sad sight, for even though a book is nothing but ink and paper, it feels as if…
- You may want to keep a commonplace book which is a notebook where you can copy parts of books you think are in code, or…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- The whole thing of what I’ve been trying,†you said, “is that you’re different, and you keep asking about the other girls, but what I…
- Are you who I think you are?
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- Nothing is more disgusting than the crowing about liberty by slaves, as most men are, and the flippant mistaking for freedom of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- We tend to become what the most important person in our life thinks we will become. Think the best, believe the best,… — John C. Maxwell