Children Quote by Lemony Snicket

“I always envisioned myself as traveling the ocean of life in a rowboat where my mother was one oar and my father, the other.…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“To those who hadn't been around Violet long, nothing would have seemed unusual, but those who knew her well knew that when she tied…

— Lemony Snicket

“Adventure stank. She boasted sixty oars, a single sail, and a long lean hull that promised speed. Small, but she might serve, Quentyn thought…

— George R.R. Martin

“Like most fourteen-year-olds, she was right-handed, so the rocks skipped farther across the murky water when Violet used her right hand then when she…

— Lemony Snicket

“She came to a little wrecked pleasure-steamer, which had become embedded in the mud several summers ago and which no one had bothered to…

— Barbara Comyns

“Violet felt so free. She could hear Jay laughing from behind her as he held on tight. She spun the craft first sharply to…

— Kimberly Derting

“The bottom line was that while everyone was rowing the boat, to use Andrew’s analogy, there was no forward movement.”

— Ed Catmull

“For weeks Octavio returned to the shelter of the trees. The woman would appear as the sun reached midday. She would walk to the…

— C.S. Richardson

“Lila walked by with her nose in the air. In a straight line behind her, six obedient kindergartners waddled like baby geese, singing in…

— Francine Pascal

“I fancy a bit of rowing.”

— Jodi Ellen Malpas

“As if their actions were synchronized, they both jumped off the swings at the same moment, Jay racing toward the laddered steps as Violet…

— Kimberly Derting

“a boat, even a wrecked and wretched boat still has all the possibilities of moving”

— Dionne Brand