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Very Quotes by Daniel Handler
- The difference between a house and a home is like the difference between a man and a woman-- it might be embarrassing to explain, but…
- An apocryphal story - the word "apocryphal" here means "obviously untrue" - tells of two people, long ago, who were very bored, and that instead…
- Everybody will die, but very few people want to be reminded of that fact.
- What should we call him?" Klaus asked. "You should call him Dr. Montgomery," Mr. Poe replied, "unless he tells you to call him Montgomery. Both…
- It is always tedious when someone tells you that if you don't stop crying, they will give you something to cry about, because if you…
- The story of the Baudelaires takes place in a very real world, where some people are laughed at just because they have something wrong with…
- I have gone into town to buy a few last things we need for the expedition: Peruvian wasp repellent, toothbrushes, canned peaches, and a fireproof…
- If you know somebody very well, like your grandmother or your baby sister, you will know when they are real and when they are fake.
- 13. 99 percent is a very large percentage. For instance, easily 99 percent of people want a roof over their heads, food on their tables,…
- It is true, of course, that there is no way of knowing for sure whether or not you can trust someone, for the simple reason…
- In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle.
- It is very easy to say that the important thing is to try your best, but if you are in real trouble the most important…
- Knowing that something is wrong and doing it anyway happens very often in life, and I doubt I will ever know why.
- 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.…
- Scolding must be very, very fun, otherwise children would be allowed to do it. It is not because children don’t have what it takes to…
- This story is about the Baudelaires. And they are the sort of people who know that there’s always something. Something to invent, something to read,…
- It is very difficult to make one's way in this world without being wicked at one time or another, when the world's way is so…
- I am certain that over the course of your own life, you have noticed that people's rooms reflect their personalities. In my room, for instance,…
- Sometime during your life—in fact, very soon—you may find yourself reading a book, and you may notice that a book’s first sentence can often tell…
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- In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I… — Chinua Achebe