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Sometimes things can go on right in front of your nose, but you don't know about them. By Lemony Snicket

I get a small quiver of shame in my stomach whenever I remember it. By Lemony Snicket

To hear the phrase "our only hope" always makes one anxious, because it means that if the only hope doesn't work, there is nothing left. By Lemony Snicket

I'll tell you why I'm Shirley," Count Olaf said. "I'm Shirley because I would like to be called Shirley, and it is impolite not to do so. By Lemony Snicket

For Beatrice - you will always be in my mind, in my heart and in your grave. By Lemony Snicket

Tell me what it is, or prepare to eat harpoon. By Lemony Snicket

But there are many things in life that become different if you take a long look at them By Lemony Snicket

The key to good eavesdropping is not getting caught. By Lemony Snicket

The trick to following someone without getting caught is to follow somebody who doesn't think they're being followed. By Lemony Snicket

Or why you are wearing a picture of Santa Clause on you shirts, but-""It's Herman Melville. By Lemony Snicket

Mcguffin," Sunny said, which meant "Your scheming means nothing in this place. By Lemony Snicket

For Beatrice, when we first met, I was lonely, and you were pretty.Now I am pretty lonely. By Lemony Snicket

Perhaps I should just bury myself and become a diamond after thousands of years of intense pressure By Lemony Snicket

Sometimes, just saying that you hate something, and having someone agree with you, can make you feel better about a terrible situation. By Lemony Snicket

You know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit. By Lemony Snicket

The word "dreadful," even when used three times in a row, did not seem like a dreadful enough word to describe everything that had happened. By Lemony Snicket

Some people think destiny is something you cannot escape, such as death or a curdled cheesecake, both of which always turn up sooner or later. By Lemony Snicket

There are two kinds of fears: rational and irrational- or in simpler terms, fears that make sense and fears that don't. By Lemony Snicket

Like a church bell, a coffin, and a vat of melted chocolate, a supply closet is rarely a comfortable place to hide. By Lemony Snicket

It is difficult, when faced with a situation you cannot control, to admit you can do nothing. By Lemony Snicket

Most field trips contain sinister plots. By Lemony Snicket

The table of elements does not contain one of the most powerful elements that make up our world, and that is the element of surprise. By Lemony Snicket

The siblings wished that if Mr. Poe were really jealous of them he would attend Prufrock Preparatory School himself, and they could work at the bank. By Lemony Snicket

The mind has a thousand eyes, and the heart has one:yet the light of a whole life dies when love is done. By Lemony Snicket

... and the Baudelaire orphans climbed aboard, turning the tables of their lives and breaking their unfortunate cycle for the very first time. By Lemony Snicket

Tall and skinny, with arms and legs sticking out at odd angles, as if [they] were made of drinking straws instead of flesh and bone. By Lemony Snicket

Hello, freaky peoples! By Lemony Snicket

Reader: Dear Mr. Snicket, What is the best way to keep a secret? Lemony Snicket : Tell it to everyone you know, but pretend you are kidding. By Lemony Snicket

They can teach you anything. That doesn't mean you learn it. It doesn't mean you believe it. By Lemony Snicket

Literature doesn't exactly have a strong mental-health track record. By Lemony Snicket

Count Olaf was so obsessed with getting his filthy hands on the money that he hatched a devious plan that gives me nightmares to this day. By Lemony Snicket

The sky was dark blue twilight, pretty to look at but lonely to walk under. By Lemony Snicket

All cannot be lost when there is still so much being found By Lemony Snicket

They are stupid, aren't they?" Dr. Orwell agreed, as though they were talking about the weather instead of insulting young children. By Lemony Snicket

The accident," she said finally, "happened because Klaus was hypnotized.""What your brother does for a hobby is none of my concern," Sir said. By Lemony Snicket

When you have only know someone for a few hours it is difficult to now what they would like to hear. By Lemony Snicket

-the phrase "lion's share" here means "the biggest part" and has nothing to do with lions or sharing- By Lemony Snicket

Inside these letters, the eye will seeNearby are your friends, and VFD. By Lemony Snicket

It is a lonely feeling when someone you care about becomes a stranger. By Lemony Snicket

When you need a haircut, it looks like you have no one to take care of you. By Lemony Snicket

Trivial as her hair. This morning she was thinking about how to construct By Lemony Snicket

Life is a conundrum of esoterica. By Lemony Snicket

It is often difficult to admit that someone you love is not perfect, or to consider aspects of a person that are less than admirable. By Lemony Snicket

Sunny did not reply, but her siblings were not alarmed because they imagined it was difficult to say much when you had a mouthful of wall. By Lemony Snicket

The whole thing is like a jigsaw puzzle, but there are too many missing pieces to solve it. By Lemony Snicket

Life isn't fair, he said, in his undisguised voice, and for once the Baudelaire orphans agreed with every word the man said. By Lemony Snicket

I am so tired, I can hardly type these worfs. By Lemony Snicket

If you wish to avoid an unpleasant story you had best put this book down By Lemony Snicket

The world, no matter how monstrously it may be threatened, has never been known to succumb entirely. By Lemony Snicket

She was so afraid of everything that she made it impossible to really enjoy anything at all. By Lemony Snicket

So it goes,' Prosper Lost said, a little sadly. 'There are some stories you never get to finish. By Lemony Snicket

My aunt always says that if you put your mind to it, you can do absolutely anything," Jake said. "Is that true?" "No," I said. "It's nonsense. By Lemony Snicket

If you are trying to fool a farsighted or dimwitted person, a veiled facial disguise might be enough. By Lemony Snicket

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 other does not want to see. By Lemony Snicket

They could only stare at Esme's shoes and wonder why she as wearing footwear that was so violent and impractical. By Lemony Snicket

Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby- awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess. By Lemony Snicket

There is no way of knowing for sure whether or not you can trust someone, for the simple reason that circumstances change all of the time. By Lemony Snicket

Respecting one's elders is difficult enough, but when they are soaked with water and have proved themselves to be dishonest, it is nearly impossible. By Lemony Snicket

For BeatriceMy love for you shall live forever. You, however, did not. By Lemony Snicket

Sometimes, even in the most unfortunate of lives, there will occur a moment or two of good fortune. By Lemony Snicket

The moral of Snow White is never eat apples. By Lemony Snicket

But happy moments came rarely and unexpectedly in the Baudelaires' lives, and the three siblings had learned to accept them. By Lemony Snicket

The library was one enormous room, with long, high metal shelves and the perfect quiet that libraries provide for anyone looking for an answer. By Lemony Snicket

Read about things that wouldn't keep you up all night long, weeping and tearing out your hair. By Lemony Snicket

Those two Quagmires will whisk and whisk until they are simply whisked away. By Lemony Snicket

...bravery often demands a price. By Lemony Snicket

Hello?" Violet said finally.The telephone said nothing."Hello?" Violet said again. "Hello? Hello?"The telephone did not answer. By Lemony Snicket

Tra la la, Fiddle dee dee,Hope you get well soon.Ho ho ho, hee hee hee, Have a heart-shaped balloon. By Lemony Snicket

Aunt Josephine had been so careful to avoid anything that she thought might harm her, but harm had still come her way. By Lemony Snicket

Tea should be as bitter as wormwod and as sharp as a two eged swordKit Snicket (a series of unfortunate events) By Lemony Snicket

I didn't realize this was a sad occasion. By Lemony Snicket

Velocity!" Sunny shrieked. I know we have to hurry!" Klaus cried. By Lemony Snicket

In the meantime, it is best to grab what wonderful moments you find lying around. By Lemony Snicket

It is, as you know, very, very rude and usually unnecessary to use profanity. By Lemony Snicket

Count Olaf had taken out a bottle of wine to pour himself some breakfast, but when he saw the book he stopped, and sat down. By Lemony Snicket

So you're a real person! I always thought you were a legendary figure, like unicorns or Giuseppe Verdi. By Lemony Snicket

Count Olaf has been captured," she By Lemony Snicket

Count Olaf were watching them even when he wasn't nearby. By Lemony Snicket

It was amazing, she thought, how everything having to do with Count Olaf was frightening. By Lemony Snicket

Count Olaf sounds like an awful person. I hope he is torn apart by wild animals someday. Wouldn't that be satisfying? By Lemony Snicket

Count Olaf certainly does sound evil. Imagine forcing children to stand near a stove! By Lemony Snicket

I told you," Count Olaf said weakly. "I told you I'd do that one last time. By Lemony Snicket

Nowhere in the world is safe," Count Olaf said. Not with you around," Violet agreed.I'm no worse than anyone else," Count Olaf said. By Lemony Snicket

It was another thing you didn't learn at a top-drawer school. Bickering is like baldness or lousy gifts. It runs in families. By Lemony Snicket

Showing up early is one of the signs of a noble person ... By Lemony Snicket

It is not enough in this world to be kindhearted, particularly if you are responsible for keeping children out of danger. By Lemony Snicket

Everyone tells you it's all right to cry, but not enough people say it's all right if you don't want people to know. By Lemony Snicket

I go to bed early and rise late and feel as if I have hardly slept, probably because I have been reading almost the entire time. By Lemony Snicket

But if they were afraid of lemon meringue pie, this would be an irrational fear, because lemon meringue pie is delicious and has never hurt a soul. By Lemony Snicket

You might be afraid of the dark, but the dark is not afraid of you. That's why the dark is always close by. By Lemony Snicket

I've read up to Lot #49, which is a valuable postage stamp. By Lemony Snicket

Akroyd!" Sunny cried, a phrase which here means "Roger. By Lemony Snicket

It is always cruel to laugh at people, of course, although sometimes if they are wearing an ugly hat it is hard to control yourself. By Lemony Snicket

Chuni!" Sunny shrieked, which probably meant "Let's go to the kitchen and get it, By Lemony Snicket

O!" Sunny shrieked. "O!" Klaus agreed. "O!" Sunny insisted. "Oh!" Klaus cried. "I see what you mean! ... By Lemony Snicket

Lion which was nailed to the wall to the bowl of apple cores which sat on a small wooden table. By Lemony Snicket

Don't repeat yourself. It's not only repetitive, it's redundant, and people have heard it before. By Lemony Snicket

I wasn't sad the way a spider isn't an insect. By Lemony Snicket

One cannot spend forever sitting and solving the mysteries of one's history. By Lemony Snicket

Those unable to catalog the past are doomed to repeat it. By Lemony Snicket

Being curious is the most important part of being a journalist. It might be the most important part of being anything. By Lemony Snicket

There are two types of panicking: standing still and not saying a word, and leaping all over the place babbling anything that comes into your head. By Lemony Snicket

Klaus had not told his siblings about the book, because he didn't want to give them false hope. By Lemony Snicket

Tea should be bitter as wormwood and as sharp as a two-edged sword. By Lemony Snicket

She was stronger than Stew Mitchum, or maybe she just wanted something more than he did. By Lemony Snicket

I will love you as misfortune loves orphans, as fire loves innocence, and as justice loves to sit and watch while everything goes wrong. By Lemony Snicket

I will thank you not to be impertinent," said Aunt Josephine, using a word which here means "pointing out that I'm wrong, which annoys me". By Lemony Snicket

A person who designs buildings is called an architect, but in the case of Prufrock Prep a better term might be 'depressed architect. By Lemony Snicket

I went into the bathroom to brush my teeth. It is good to brush your teeth when you are angry, because you brush harder and do a better job. By Lemony Snicket

The last time I saw you, I was trying to throw thumbtacks into your cradle! By Lemony Snicket

Sometimes the things you've lost can be found again in unexpected places. By Lemony Snicket

scraggly trees produce apples so sour that one only has to look at them to feel ill. Lousy Lane traverses By Lemony Snicket

Sickly gray color, in which a handful of scraggly trees produce apples so sour that one only has to look at them to feel ill. Lousy Lane traverses the By Lemony Snicket

Summer seems so cold without you, winter is even colder. By Lemony Snicket

Siblings that say they never fight are most definitely hiding something By Lemony Snicket

This is an absurd moral, for you and I both know that sometimes not only is it good to lie, it is necessary to lie. By Lemony Snicket

Idea. Mr. Poe meant well, but a jar of mustard probably also means well and would do a better job of keeping the Baudelaires out of danger. Violet, By Lemony Snicket

Mr. Poe meant well, but a jar of mustard probably also means well and would do a better job of keeping the Baudelaires out of danger. By Lemony Snicket

Memento Mori' means 'Remember you will die. By Lemony Snicket

If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives. By Lemony Snicket

It was a curious feeling, that something could be so close and so distant at the same time. By Lemony Snicket

I have stood in a department store, and seen something written on a price tag that told me I had to leave at once, but in different clothing. By Lemony Snicket

Sometimes the information you need is not in the most obvious place. By Lemony Snicket

Anyone who gives you a cinnamon roll fresh out of the oven is a friend for life. By Lemony Snicket

Where are the books? All these elegant bookshelves are empty. By Lemony Snicket

But you can't read every story, and answer every question even if you'd like to By Lemony Snicket

Miracles are like meatballs, because nobody can exactly agree on what they are made of, where they come from, or how often they should appear. By Lemony Snicket

You're just jealous of me because I'm a tap-dancing ballerina fairy princess veterinarian! By Lemony Snicket

A wonderful laugh is no excuse for villainous behavior! By Lemony Snicket

Because getting a cheerful balloon helps people picture getting better, and if you picture something it makes it so. By Lemony Snicket

There are some things you cannot explain to anyone, even when they have been explained to you, over and over, almost since the day you were born. By Lemony Snicket

But sometimes it takes only a photograph and a sentence to make an author cry himself to sleep even years after the photograph was taken. By Lemony Snicket

Nobody can teach you how to like something. You can like it, or you can pretend to like it, in order to make someone happy. By Lemony Snicket

Of course you can trust me," Jake Hix said. "We read the same books. By Lemony Snicket

Never mind what my name is," the man said. "No one can pronounce it anyway. Just call me Sir. By Lemony Snicket

There are some secrets you want to keep to yourself, even if they don't matter. They might only matter if you keep them secret. By Lemony Snicket

I give up," Mr. Poe said, and coughed into his handkerchief. "Five hundred is too much to pay for a big herring statue. By Lemony Snicket

Klaus, and Sunny had been many, many times to Mr. Poe's office at the bank, where he coughed and talked on the phone and made decisions By Lemony Snicket

But your imaginings would be ersatz, as all imaginings are. By Lemony Snicket

You may be right,' she said, a phrase which here meant 'I'm wrong, but I don't have the courage to say so. By Lemony Snicket

Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another. By Lemony Snicket

Tadu,' Sunny murmured solemnly, which probably meant something along the lines of 'it's a loathsome situation in which we find ourselves. By Lemony Snicket

Everyone should be able to do one card trick, tell two jokes, and recite three poems, in case they are ever trapped in an elevator. By Lemony Snicket

Keep anyone with whom you can read in silence. By Lemony Snicket

You would run much slower if you were dragging something behind you, like a knapsack or a sheriff. By Lemony Snicket

It is true there are more important things than dinner, but it is difficult to keep those things in mind when you haven't had dinner. By Lemony Snicket

Announcing your death should be like announcing that you are a lunar moth: It must be done quietly or it will not be believed. By Lemony Snicket

But I must admit I miss you terribly. The world is too quiet without you nearby. By Lemony Snicket

Appearance matters a great deal because you can often tell a lot about people by looking at how they present themselves. By Lemony Snicket

Crying is the opposite of scolding, because adults are hardly ever allowed to do it. By Lemony Snicket

Tears are curious things, for like earthquakes or puppet shows, they can occur at any time, without any warning and without any good reason. By Lemony Snicket

One of the most troublesome things in life is that what you do or do not want has very little to do with what does or does not happen. By Lemony Snicket

As I'm sure you know, to be in one's own room, in one's own bed, can often make a bleak situation a little better. By Lemony Snicket

Troublesome things tend to remain troublesome no matter how many times you do them. By Lemony Snicket

It's hard when you're missing your family. You wake up every morning like someone took one of your legs. By Lemony Snicket

Stretched out in front of me was my time as an adult, and then a skeleton, and then nothing except perhaps a few books on a few shelves. By Lemony Snicket

I have a long list of things I'd rather not do. By Lemony Snicket

There is no worse sound in the world than someone who cannot play the violin but insists on doing so anyway. By Lemony Snicket

Every minute i spend talking to you is a mnute i could spend practicing the violin, and when you're a musical genius like me, every minute counts. By Lemony Snicket

If you ask one question, it will lead you to another, and another. It's like peeling an onion. By Lemony Snicket

Moxie gave me a small smile. "Why do you always say that- which here means?""I'll probably outgrow it," I said. By Lemony Snicket

Course, mountains serve as homes to mountain goats and mountain lions, who enjoy attacking helpless picnickers and eating sandwiches or children. So By Lemony Snicket

It is always sad when someone leaves home, unless they are simply going around the corner and will return in a few minutes with ice-cream sandwiches. By Lemony Snicket

There is nothing wrong with crying at the end of a long day. By Lemony Snicket

Knowing that something is wrong and doing it anyway happens very often in life, and I doubt I will ever know why. By Lemony Snicket

An Overall Feeling of Doom that One Cannot Ever Escape no Matter What One Does By Lemony Snicket

Is the mask working?" she asked me."How can I tell?""If you can breath, then it's working. By Lemony Snicket

Aha!" My chaperone looked at me like I should aha! back, but all I could manage was a quiet "ah." I made a note to ha later. By Lemony Snicket

In life it is often the tiny details that end up being the most important. By Lemony Snicket

In the secret pocket, she often kept a smallpocket dictionary, which she would take out whenever she encountered a word she did not know. By Lemony Snicket

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 find such a thing for yourself. By Lemony Snicket

A new experience can be extremely pleasurable, or extremely irritating, or somewhere in between, and you never know until you try it out. By Lemony Snicket

We don't need a destination or a way of navigating, because we'll go wherever it takes us By Lemony Snicket

I know we have to hurry!" Klaus cried. "I'm moving these noodles as quickly as I can! By Lemony Snicket

I will love you if I never see you again, and I will love you if I see you every Tuesday. By Lemony Snicket

Desperation is like a spilled drink; even if it's delicious, no one will get near it. Cultivate an aura of glamorous unapproachability. By Lemony Snicket

The infant was standing on a spot in someone else's story, during a moment of her own. By Lemony Snicket

They were probably hitting the town. I hoped it was hitting them back. By Lemony Snicket

For sapphires we are held in here. Only you can end our fear." Violet said. "Until dawn comes we cannot speak. No words can come from this sad beak. By Lemony Snicket

Can't we sleep ten minutes more? I was having a lovely dream about sneezing without covering my mouth, and giving everybody germs. By Lemony Snicket

It's bad for you if you never do anything bad for you. By Lemony Snicket

You don't spend your life hanging around books without learning a thing or two. By Lemony Snicket

A good thing to do when one is sitting, eating, and resting is to have a conversation. By Lemony Snicket

There are some things we might not know, but that doesn't mean we should give up. We can find out what we need to know. We can find out everything By Lemony Snicket

Miracles are like pimples, because once you start looking for them you find more than you ever dreamed you'd see. By Lemony Snicket

The difference between the two sides of the schism, is that one side puts out fires, and the other starts them. By Lemony Snicket

The dumplings had the flavor of paradise, and the broth spread through my veins like a secret that's fun to keep. By Lemony Snicket

Grammar is the greatest joy in life, don't you find? By Lemony Snicket

Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them. By Lemony Snicket

It is one of life's bitterest truths that bedtime so often arrives just when things are really getting interesting. By Lemony Snicket

Like People, animals will become frightened and likely do whatever you say if you whip them enough. By Lemony Snicket

I don't know if you've ever noticed this, but first impressions are often entirely wrong. By Lemony Snicket

Criminals should be punished, not fed pastries. By Lemony Snicket

There are many mysteries I have never solved, and the hair of my chaperone is perhaps my most curious unsolved case. By Lemony Snicket

Sometimes, even the best of plans will occur to you when it is too late. By Lemony Snicket

I don't know why anyone likes sledding in the first place." I said. "Life goes downhill enough without speeding the process along. By Lemony Snicket

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People who think nothing can go wrong are usually disappointed. By Lemony Snicket

That night was a dark day. Of course, all nights are dark days, because night is simply a badly lit version of day, ... By Lemony Snicket

Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them. By Lemony Snicket

But he was not looking at the view beneath him. He was looking beside him, where Violet Baudelaire was sitting, By Lemony Snicket

Take either forty-eight or eighty-four pages to By Lemony Snicket

The Hemlock Tearoom and Stationery By Lemony Snicket

It looked like something the Hemlock needed, or a piece of equipment a plumber had left behind. It looked like none of your business. By Lemony Snicket

Any age was a difficult age for someone needing to get through that window. By Lemony Snicket

A cheerful attitude is the most effect tool against sickness. By Lemony Snicket

I saw a woman wearing suspicious lettuce! By Lemony Snicket

Coach Genghis rather By Lemony Snicket

We are respecting our parents' wishes ... They didn't want to shelter us from the world's treacheries. They wanted us to survive them. By Lemony Snicket

Beef. Yes. Roast beef. It's the Swedish term for beef that is roasted. By Lemony Snicket

I guess we'll be traveling in uncharted waters.""That'll be fun," Phil said. By Lemony Snicket

All of life is just shadows. By Lemony Snicket

Bad circumstances have a way of ruining things that would otherwise be pleasant. By Lemony Snicket

Waiting is one of life's hardships. By Lemony Snicket

Some of the bravest and most resourceful people in the world have come to bad ends By Lemony Snicket

It's rarely good when someone says your full name, except perhaps when it's at the end of I have a package for. By Lemony Snicket

Just because something is typed-whether it is typed on a business card or typed in a newspaper or book-this does not mean that it is true. By Lemony Snicket

Theodora glared at me, but Mrs. Murphy Sallis gave me a brief smile and offered me her hand, which was as smooth and soft as old lettuce. By Lemony Snicket

I am heartbroken, but I have been heartbroken before, and this might be the best for which I can hope. By Lemony Snicket

The sea is nothing but a library of all the tears in history. By Lemony Snicket

If you don't choose the wicked thing what in the world will you do? By Lemony Snicket

Very lovely indeed - Quigley responding to Violet's comment about the view, while actually looking at her. By Lemony Snicket

The smell of cooking food is often a calming one. By Lemony Snicket

So you're reluctant, I said to myself. Many, many people are reluctant. It's like having feet. It's nothing to brag about. By Lemony Snicket

In times of extreme stress, one can often find energy hidden in even the most exhausted areas of the body. By Lemony Snicket

I will love you as an oven loves malfunctioning in the middle of roasting a turkey. By Lemony Snicket

There's nothing wrong with athletics, but they shouldn't get in the way of your schoolwork. By Lemony Snicket

A mystery is solved with a story. By Lemony Snicket

Nobody likes to be tapped on the knee. Practically nobody likes to be tapped anywhere. By Lemony Snicket

There's a lot that doesn't make sense By Lemony Snicket

Even the most ridiculous of stories can contain a grain of truth. By Lemony Snicket

Don't be a smart aleck," Hungry said."But it cheers me up," I said. By Lemony Snicket

A good breakfast is better than a bad one, like a good book is better than having your toe chopped off. By Lemony Snicket

Some of the simplest things in like are the most difficult to imagine. By Lemony Snicket

There's nothing wrong with occasionally staring out the window and thinking nonsense, as long as the nonsense is yours. By Lemony Snicket

Blinded following the Blindfolded By Lemony Snicket

If everyone fought fire with fire, the whole world would go up in smoke. By Lemony Snicket

You cannot live far from the treachery of the world, because eventually the treachery will wash up on your shores. By Lemony Snicket

It is never seven that you count to, before you do something difficult. It is never at the count of two. It is always three, and it is strange. By Lemony Snicket

I'm not a math tutor," I said. "I don't feel the need to check your work. By Lemony Snicket

I pushed the door open, slow as long division. By Lemony Snicket

It takes years for the land to recuperate from a fire, but even in the darkest of ashes eventually something can grow. By Lemony Snicket

Anyone who thinks the pen is mightier than the sword has not been stabbed with both. By Lemony Snicket

You're the inventor," Klaus answered, buttoning his coat. "But you can't invent things like time, By Lemony Snicket

[I]t was the color of someone buying you an ice cream cone for no reason at all. By Lemony Snicket

I don't think people have made staples by hand since the fifteenth century. By Lemony Snicket

It is my fate that some of my questions will never be answered. By Lemony Snicket

Being skeptical is a good thing for a journalist, because it means you don't completely trust anyone. By Lemony Snicket

Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have. By Lemony Snicket

After they had been reunited with their baby sister and learned the secret of Verbal Fridge Dialogue. And By Lemony Snicket

Death is something you cannot escape, such as death, or a cheesecake that has curdled, both of which always turn up sooner later. By Lemony Snicket

If you're not scared, she told me, it's not bravery. By Lemony Snicket

Quagmires, remember? By Lemony Snicket

For Beatrice, when we met, my life began. Soon afterwards, yours ended. By Lemony Snicket

Are you who I think you are? By Lemony Snicket

People don't always get what they deserve in this world. By Lemony Snicket

It is one of the peculiar truths of life that people often say things that they know full well are ridiculous. By Lemony Snicket

And Sunny crawled around solemnly biting each of Edgar and Albert's shoes, leaving small teeth marks in each one so she would not be forgotten. By Lemony Snicket

I'm not smart, Snicket. I don't ask the right questions and I never find the right answers. By Lemony Snicket

Get out of my way, you cakesniffers! said a rude, violent, and filthy little girl, shoving the Baudelaire orphans aside as she dashed by. By Lemony Snicket

If you enjoy books with happy endings than you are better off reading some other book. By Lemony Snicket

The bears bear hard hard yarn yarns you are unlikely to be confused. By Lemony Snicket

One could say, in fact, that no story really has a beginning, and that no story really has an end By Lemony Snicket

Nothing firms up a friendship like a good-natured argument. By Lemony Snicket

They're book addicts. By Lemony Snicket

The trouble with being patient is that eventually you get tired of it. By Lemony Snicket

Baudelaires had visited the office of Vice Principal Nero and learned about all of the academy's strict and unfair rules. When they worked By Lemony Snicket

With a library it is easier to hope for serendipity than to look for a precise answer. By Lemony Snicket

panic. "Vireo!" Sunny cried, which meant "Let's run - or, in my case, crawl - as fast as we can!" "We'll never run fast By Lemony Snicket

Allowed?' Uncle Monty repeated. 'Of course not! You are implored to come inside here, my boy. By Lemony Snicket

Every problem has a solution. Sometimes it just takes a long time to find the solution even if it's right in front of your nose. By Lemony Snicket

I like a story that could never happen to me. If I want real life I'll read a newspaper. By Lemony Snicket

It was darker than a pitch-black panther, covered in tar, eating black licorice at the very bottom of the deepest part of the Black Sea. By Lemony Snicket

Triplets are when four babies are born at the same time, and there are only two Quagmires. By Lemony Snicket

It only seems scarey' Klaus said, as if reading his sister's thoughts, 'because of the mist. By Lemony Snicket

Complimenting someone in an exaggerated way is known as flattery, and flattery will generally get you anything you want ... By Lemony Snicket

The only thing worse than a perilous adventure is a boring one. By Lemony Snicket

Dessert is the most important meal of the day! By Lemony Snicket

Dead women tell no tales. Sad men write them down. By Lemony Snicket

Oh!' Said Sunny, and everyone knew what she meant. She meant, 'What a terrible place! I don't want to live there at all! By Lemony Snicket

Accidents happen all the time. By Lemony Snicket

If you have ever lost a loved one, then you know exactly how it feels. And if you have not, then you cannot possibly imagine it. By Lemony Snicket

Klaus watched his sister leave the library and felt a wave of hopelessness wash over him. By Lemony Snicket

Mob psychology, Sunny said, remembering a term Klaus had taught her shortly before she took her first steps. By Lemony Snicket

Klaus grinned. 'I'm sorry,' he said, 'but it was a very interesting book, and I'm so pleased that it's coming in handy. By Lemony Snicket

There are many difficult things in this world to hide, but a secret is not one of them. By Lemony Snicket

There is no easy way to train an apprentice. My two tools are example and nagging. By Lemony Snicket

It is the things that have a history, L. Compared to them we are ghosts. By Lemony Snicket

Fetching objects for people who are too lazy to fetch them for themselves is never a pleasant task, particularly when the people are insulting you. By Lemony Snicket

I can see the headline now: 'murderer attempts to murder murderer. By Lemony Snicket

Fight Fire with Fire By Lemony Snicket

I'm not a stranger," I said, and pointed to his book. "I'm someone who reads the same authors you do. By Lemony Snicket

Stop!" Jerome Squalor pleaded. "In the name of injustice! By Lemony Snicket

I'm happier than a pig eating bacon! By Lemony Snicket

You're noble enough, Baudelaires. That's all we can ask for in this world. By Lemony Snicket

Nobody knows what an idea will do when it goes off to entertain itself, particularly if the idea comes from a sinister villain. By Lemony Snicket

I know what is going on," said Sir. "I am the Boss! Of course I know! By Lemony Snicket

Nevermore Tree was gargantuan, a word which here means 'having attained an inordinate amount of botanical volume. By Lemony Snicket

The sad truth is the truth is sad. By Lemony Snicket

It is always better to ask a question than to answer one. By Lemony Snicket

I suppose I'll have to add the force of gravity to my list of enemies. By Lemony Snicket

Hal is on his way. The nurse announced reentering the room. By Lemony Snicket

A secret note is secret. There is no reason to sign it. By Lemony Snicket

Why does anyone have a lot of rules? So they can boss people around, I guess. By Lemony Snicket

No, no,' Phil Said. 'It's fine. I've never liked my left leg so much, anyways. By Lemony Snicket

uppity children, By Lemony Snicket

The map is not the territory," Snicket's chaperon advises him. "That's an expression which means the world does not match the picture in our heads. By Lemony Snicket

Nobody should feel pain all by themselves. By Lemony Snicket

Myths are often entertaining, but they're never very helpful. By Lemony Snicket

It is always terrible to be told to go play with people one doesn't know ... By Lemony Snicket

We're all afraid, but that didn't stop us. By Lemony Snicket

Ceviche is an acquired taste, a phrase which here means something you don't like the first few times you eat it ... By Lemony Snicket

Raisins are healthy, and they are inexpensive, and some people may even find them delicious. But they are rarely considered helpful. By Lemony Snicket

When things don't go right, go left By Lemony Snicket

But lyrics are not proof; photographs are. By Lemony Snicket

I will love you as a cufflink loves to drop from its shirt and explore the party for itself. By Lemony Snicket

How can someone so wonderful do something so terrible? By Lemony Snicket

Uncle Monty smiled at the orphans. 'That's quite all right,' he said. 'Questions show an inquisitive mind. By Lemony Snicket

But it's far too late for us; ring, hair, letters, photographsall traces of our love will be scattered then, like an anagram ... By Lemony Snicket

...he couldn't help but think that nearly anything could be used as a weapon, if one was in a weaponry mood. By Lemony Snicket

They say in every library there is a single book that can answer the question that burns like a fire in the mind. By Lemony Snicket

It was impossible to tame, like leeches. By Lemony Snicket

It looked exhausting and pointless, two things that should be avoided at all costs By Lemony Snicket

A lock isn't going to stop us. Not when we've come all this way. By Lemony Snicket

...If only one had a little more time to do some important reading, all the secrets in the world would become clear. By Lemony Snicket

You can invent things like automatic popcorn poppers. You can invent things like steam-powered window washers. But you can't invent more time. By Lemony Snicket

People who say money doesn't matter are like people who say cake doesn't matter - it's probably because they've already had a few slices. By Lemony Snicket

The passageway was still as dark as a bar of extra-dark chocolate sitting in a planetarium covered in a thick, black blanket By Lemony Snicket

Sometimes when someone tells a ridiculous lie, it is best to ignore it entirely. By Lemony Snicket

A young man who asks too much about clothing will find himself the subject of unflattering rumors. By Lemony Snicket

Never, under any circumstances, let the Virginian wolfsnake near a typewriter. By Lemony Snicket

Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like. By Lemony Snicket

I refuse to argue with you, Charles! You're my partner! Your job is to iron my shirts and cook my omelettes, not boss me around! By Lemony Snicket

A bolt from the blue. By Lemony Snicket

We both wanted to know each other's secrets, and we both wanted the other person to go first. By Lemony Snicket

Miracles can happen, even to those who are small, flammable, and dressed all in black. By Lemony Snicket

Like many people who dress in black, the lump of coal was interested in becoming an artist. By Lemony Snicket

In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle. By Lemony Snicket

- "What kind of funny?" I asked her. "Funny like a clown onstage? Or funny like a clown hanging around the entrance to a bank?"-"The bank one. By Lemony Snicket

The only thing he cares about. By Lemony Snicket

You'll have to observe everyone you see, and make such judgments yourselves. By Lemony Snicket

Was it really necessary? Was it absolutely necessary to steal that sugar bowl from Esme Squalor? By Lemony Snicket

Frustration is an interesting emotional state, because it tends to bring out the worst in whoever is frustrated. By Lemony Snicket

Never say you're hungry until you learn what they're fixing. By Lemony Snicket

She crawled in front of the Baudelaires' guardian and bared her teeth at Captain Sham. By Lemony Snicket

If writers wrote as carelessly as some people talk, then adhasdh asdglaseuyt[bn[ pasdlgkhasdfasdf. By Lemony Snicket

When you find the sort of people who will show up to give you a ride exactly when they've promised to do so, hold on to them for dear life. By Lemony Snicket

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. By Lemony Snicket

You should never stick something that you are allergic to into your mouth, especially if that thing is cats. By Lemony Snicket

If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats. By Lemony Snicket

The worst surroundings in the world can be tolerated if the people in them are interesting and kind. By Lemony Snicket

I don't know why wicked places generally look wicked. You'd think they'd look nice, to fool people, but they hardly ever do. By Lemony Snicket

If you are a baby, your family will sere you in your underwear many times, and there's no use being embarrassed about it By Lemony Snicket

Even though there are no ways of knowing for sure, there are ways of knowing for pretty sure. By Lemony Snicket

Writing is a dying form. One reads of this every day. By Lemony Snicket

Just because you don't understand something doesn't mean that it's nonsense. By Lemony Snicket

There are few sights sadder than a ruined book. By Lemony Snicket

Reread favourite books as if you are taking apart a clock By Lemony Snicket

Sometimes words are not enough. By Lemony Snicket

Who you are and what you read is private in a library. By Lemony Snicket

Your initial opinion on just about anything may change over time. By Lemony Snicket

It seemed to me that every adult did something terrible sooner or later. And every child, I thought, sooner or later becomes an adult. By Lemony Snicket

In every other place on Earth, nobility and integrity are vanishing quickly. By Lemony Snicket

It depends on how you look at it. By Lemony Snicket

Hungry people should be fed. It takes some people a long time to figure this out. By Lemony Snicket

For Beatrice, our love broke my heart,and stopped yours. By Lemony Snicket

I think everyone's parents have secrets. You just have to know where to look for them. By Lemony Snicket

Fire is like greed, my comrade. It spreads across the world, thinking only of itself, seizing everything it sees, and ruining everyone's fun. By Lemony Snicket

For Beatrice- I would much prefer it if you were alive and well. By Lemony Snicket

The last safe place is safe no more. By Lemony Snicket

It is most likely that I will die next to a pile of books I was meaning to read. By Lemony Snicket

I had a list of ways I would prefer to die. Drowning was toward the bottom of the list. My top choice was "never." At By Lemony Snicket

We're an invincible army, but not a victorious one. By Lemony Snicket

The dark was real, though. It almost always is. By Lemony Snicket

The Baudelaires looked up and saw their guardian standing in the doorway of Violet's By Lemony Snicket

Just because you can picture something does not make it so. By Lemony Snicket

Uncle Monty tell By Lemony Snicket

Everybody will die, but very few people want to be reminded of that fact. By Lemony Snicket

All the secrets of the world are contained in books. Read at your own risk. By Lemony Snicket

I'm afraid that's the wicked way of the world. Everything's covered in smoke and mirrors. By Lemony Snicket

Wicked people never have time for reading. It's one of the reasons for their wickedness. By Lemony Snicket

We've discovered a way to dilute By Lemony Snicket

This knowledge sits in my heart, heavy as a paperweight. By Lemony Snicket

People who think nothing could go wrong are usually disappointed. By Lemony Snicket

It is remarkable that different people will have different thoughts when they look at the same thing. By Lemony Snicket

seemed like small potatoes. By Lemony Snicket

You cannot wait for an untroubled world to have an untroubled moment. By Lemony Snicket

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As he has promised, no harm has come to the Baudelaire orphans in the Reptile Room, but great harm had come to Uncle Monty. By Lemony Snicket

Even the best plans can change if there's an accident. By Lemony Snicket

This is my knife. It is very sharp and very eager to hurt you. By Lemony Snicket

It is not very polite to interrupt a person, of course, but sometimes if the person is very unpleasant you can hardly stop yourself. By Lemony Snicket

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The answer to nearly every question is written down someplace. It just might take a while to find. By Lemony Snicket

You must be all a-tingle with excitement.''I guess so,' I said, but I did not feel a-tingle. I did not feel a-anything. By Lemony Snicket

There is a pair of snakes who have learned to drive a car so recklessly that they would run you over in the street and never stop to apologize. By Lemony Snicket

Oftentimes. when people are miserable, they will want to make other people miserable, too. But it never helps. By Lemony Snicket

The last safe place may not be a safe place after all. By Lemony Snicket

I thought the war was a simple matter, with one side good and the other evil. But the more I read, the less clear it was. By Lemony Snicket

Never trust anyone without a book. By Lemony Snicket

Who knows what any of those people or fish would do in our shoes?" Violet said. "It's impossible to know. By Lemony Snicket

If we keep waiting until we are ready, we will be waiting for the rest of your lives. By Lemony Snicket

Someone feeling wronged is like someone feeling thirsty. Don't tell them they aren't. Sit with them and have a drink. By Lemony Snicket

literature," I said. "What's By Lemony Snicket

Do the scary thing first, and get scared later. By Lemony Snicket

People often forget to look at something right in front of them. By Lemony Snicket

Don't be absurd!" Jerome said. "Ruthless kidnapping villains aren't in! By Lemony Snicket

When the town aches,the Swinster Pharmacy aches with it. By Lemony Snicket

When you think of me," she said quietly "think of a food you love very much. By Lemony Snicket

It doesn't matter if you look ridiculous, not if you are with people you know and trust. If you are with people you know and trust and By Lemony Snicket

Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so. By Lemony Snicket

For Beatrice, summer without you is as cold as winter. Winter without you, is even colder. By Lemony Snicket

Life never end when you are in it. By Lemony Snicket

supervision - sprinkling By Lemony Snicket

I stayed up all night reading. By Lemony Snicket

Never look a gift lion in the mouth. By Lemony Snicket

This toast feels raw. Is it safe to eat raw toast? By Lemony Snicket

Defenestration" is By Lemony Snicket

What do your parents know, about surviving? By Lemony Snicket

O matter how much one reads, the whole story can never be told. By Lemony Snicket

Boredom is not black licorice, Snicket," she said. "There's no reason to share it with me. By Lemony Snicket

She wouldn't have to be lying to be wrong. By Lemony Snicket

The rest of the place was ransacked, a word for something that is fun to do to someone else's room, but no fun to have done to yours. By Lemony Snicket

It doesn't take courage to kill someone,' Klaus said. 'It takes a severe lack of moral stamina. By Lemony Snicket

Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. By Lemony Snicket

The real Santa Claus is at the mall. By Lemony Snicket

I submit these assorted pieces of evidence I'm unwilling to categorize! By Lemony Snicket

How does anyone know anything about anything? I read it, of course! By Lemony Snicket

There are almost as many kinds of libraries as there are kinds of readers. By Lemony Snicket

Remember, sometimes something might seem like bad news, but it could turn out to be a blessing in disguise. By Lemony Snicket

The world is quiet here. By Lemony Snicket

I do what I do," I said, "in order to do something else. By Lemony Snicket

Gregor was involved with something called Volatile Fungus Deportation. By Lemony Snicket

Arguing with somebody is never pleasant, but sometimes it is useful and necessary to do so. By Lemony Snicket

turn into a literal one. By Lemony Snicket

Hoping for the best, like hoping for a bat to obey your orders, almost always leads to disappointment. By Lemony Snicket

It is likely I will die next to a pile of things I was meaning to read. By Lemony Snicket

Sometimes even in most unfortunate of lives there will occur a moment or two of good. By Lemony Snicket

I do what I do, in order to do something else. By Lemony Snicket

A rug feels like a lion, but that doesn't mean you can ride it. By Lemony Snicket

If you like books with happy endings then put this book down immediately. By Lemony Snicket

It is terribly rude to tell people that their troubles are boring. By Lemony Snicket

brought bone after bone to a skeleton expert until she told me that I was making her so miserable that I should never return, By Lemony Snicket

Imagining the worst doesn't keep it from happening By Lemony Snicket

Calling a person 'sir' can often help you get what you want, unless of course the person is a woman. By Lemony Snicket

I write storys to entertain not to be the best By Lemony Snicket

Terrible accidents, I have found, are often odd. By Lemony Snicket

Tee hee torture! By Lemony Snicket

Of the necessary equipment to invent really top-notch By Lemony Snicket

Very often you expect one thing from looking at the outside of it, but when you open it, there's something else entirely. By Lemony Snicket

window of the train and gazed at the gloomy blackness of the Finite Forest, wondering if their lives would ever get any By Lemony Snicket

We're all afraid," she said firmly ... "But that didn't stop us. By Lemony Snicket

Villainy can win against one library, but not against an organization of readers. By Lemony Snicket

No reality has the power to dispel a dream. By Lemony Snicket

All his life, Klaus had believed that if you read enough books, you could solve any problem, but now he wasn't so sure. By Lemony Snicket

We're not out of the woods yet. By Lemony Snicket

Well-read people are less likely to be evil. By Lemony Snicket

Just knowing that they could read made the Baudelaire orphans feel as if their wretched lives could be a little brighter. By Lemony Snicket