821 Quotes by Daniel Handler



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    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.

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    I think we'll always miss our parents. But I think we can miss them without being miserable all the time. After all, they wouldn't want us to be miserable.

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    I don't know whether it's digital effects or if they trained a baby to bite through steel. I'm not sure what method was used.

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    Just about everything in this world is easier said than done, with the exception of "systematically assisting Sisyphus's stealthy, cyst-susceptible sister," which is easier done than said.

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    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.

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

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    If you don’t care about something, one way to demonstrate your feelings is to say the word and then repeat the word with the letters S-C-H-M replacing the first letters. Somebody who didn’t care about dentists, for instance could say ‘Dentist, schmentists.

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