Quotes by Lemony Snicket

About Lemony Snicket:

Lemony Snicket is the pen name of American novelist Daniel Handler (born February 28, 1970). Snicket is the author of many children's biographies, serving as the narrator of A Series of Unfortunate Events (his best-known work) and appearing as a character within the series. Because of this, the name "Lemony Snicket" may refer to either the fictional character or the real person.
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We represent the true human condition, the one permanent victory over cruelty and chaos. . . . Our true home is the imagination, and our kingdom is the wide-open world.

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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 are crying then you already have something to cry about, and so there is no reason for them to give you anything addi...

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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.

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People who think nothing can go wrong are usually disappointed.

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It's hard when you're missing your family," Pip said, and started the motor. " You wake up every morning like someone took one of your legs.

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

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I'm jealous of your hooks," Kevin replied. "Having no hands is better than having two equally strong hands." Don't be ridiculous," one of the white-faced women replied. "Having a white face is worse than both of your situations." But you have a white...

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

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Every time you enter a library you might say to yourself, "The world is quiet here," as a sort of pledge proclaiming reading to be the greater good.

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You cannot have a really terrific library without at least one terrific librarian, the way you cannot have a really terrific bedroom unless you can lock the door.

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The story of the book filled the car with exciting adventures of the sort that are fun to read about, so we didn’t have to think about the exciting adventures of the sort that are no fun to live through.

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

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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.

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There's no way to tell what will make someone break down in tears. There are some who will cry at the merest melancholy word, and there are some who need the longest, cruelest speech to even dampen one eyelash. There are those who will cry at any sad...

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

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Are you saying that being a criminal is a matter of opinion?" I asked. Qwerty smiled, but it was sad around the edges. "No," he said. "It's a matter of handcuffs.

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

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

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But some secrets are so strange and so dangerous that showing them to people makes the strangeness and the danger pour into their lives like a dark, dark ink.

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It is unwise to make something permanent when the whole world is shifting.

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People who think nothing could go wrong are usually disappointed.

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Author Bio

  • NameLemony Snicket
  • Descriptionpen name of American novelist Daniel Handler
  • BornFebruary 28, 1970
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionReporter; Screenwriter; Author