Daniel Handler Quotes
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Klaus: Maybe I don't know what 'cakesniffer' means, but I think I can translate our new school's motto... If I'm not mistaken, 'Memento Mori' means 'Remember you will die'.
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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 to receive reference books on my birthday.
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I can't stand the lyrics.
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For Beatrice-I would much prefer it if you were alive and well.
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This world is suchier than we are, and the best thing to do is keep moving and find your keys.
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Like handshakes, house pets, or raw carrots, many things are preferable when not slippery. Unfortunately, in this miserable volume, I am afraid that Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire run into more than their fair share of slipperiness during their harrowing journey up - and down - a range of strange and distressing mountains.
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'I know' Helena said and this is another example of why behave this way? Things just poured out of her mouth lately, like vomit, and sometimes it actually was.
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With all due respect,
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Shyness is a very curious thing, because, like quicksand, it can strike people are any time, and also, like quicksand, it usually makes its victims look down.
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All love gets over, and we must get over it.
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She said, 'We're detectives' in the tone of voice that someone might say, 'Making you happy isn't making me happy'
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Dear Reader,
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Halloween seems to last forever, until it is finally time to put on one's costume and demand candy from strangers.
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Friday: Baudelaires, please come with me.Olaf: What about me?Friday: Go away.
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For Beatrice-When we were together I felt breathless. Now, you are.-Lemony Snicket
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The world gets grimy and the love object is in stark relief from its surroundings. This is love, a pretty thing on an ugly street and why wouldn't you pick it up if it appeared in a taxi cab.
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For Beatrice-You will always be in my heart, in my mind, and in your grave. -Lemony Snicket
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judgmentally, judgmentally, judgmentally I would believe in you and sword fight others who did not, any necessary sacrifice if you were in the mood for that.
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All four of them have completely abandoned one another.
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This is love, moving to where the money is, and all the while a volcano or an ex-girlfriend might blow the whole thing to hell, as the Americans say. As everybody says.
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It's hard for decent people to stay angry at someone who has burst into tears, which is why it is often a good idea to burst into tears if a decent person is yelling at you.
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Get out of my way, you cakesniffers! -Carmelita Spats
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Any playlist without Prince is no friend of mine.
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I kind of always think my work is unfilmable, and when I meet people who are interested in filming it, I'm always stunned.