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Want Quotes by Daniel Handler
- 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…
- But one type of book that practically no one likes to read is a book about the law. Books about the law are notorious for…
- Oftentimes. when people are miserable, they will want to make other people miserable, too. But it never helps.
- There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and…
- 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…
- 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…
- There are many, many types of books in the world, which makes good sense, because there are many, many types of people, and everybody wants…
- 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,…
- 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…
- It is so rare in this world to meet a trustworthy person who truly wants to help you, and finding such a person can make…
- I want to love you and take you pretty places. Yes, I have things wrong, but also I can walk through walls if you'll let…
- There is a kind of crying I hope you have not experienced, and it is not just crying about something terrible that has happened, but…
- I don't know if you've ever noticed this, but first impressions are often entirely wrong. You can look at a painting for the first time,…
- And when love is over when the diner of love seems closed from the outside you want all those hours back along with anything you…
- 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…
- Everybody will die, but very few people want to be reminded of that fact.
- Nobody wants to fall into a safety net, because it means the structure in which they've been living is in a state of collapse and…
- She gave me a hug and for a second I was embraced by a body that makes me want to go home and never eat…
- If he’s not gay and he hung out with you the whole time, he wanted to be. It’s boyfriend or want to be boyfriend or…
- You know I want to be a director, but you could never truly see the movies in my head and that, Ed, is why we…
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- Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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