821 Quotes by Daniel Handler

You see failed vocabulary in the adult world so often, and it's often because once you reach a certain age you're kind of embarrassed to go look up a word if you don't know what it means.

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

A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them.

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 to read something different.

I will love you as the iceberg loves the ship, and the passengers love the lifeboat and the lifeboat loves the teeth of the sperm whale, and the sperm whale loves the flavor of naval uniforms.

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.

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.

I kind of always think my work is unfilmable, and when I meet people who are interested in filming it, I'm always stunned.

Hal is on his way." The nurse announced reentering the room.