821 Quotes by Daniel Handler

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.

There are some things we might not know,but that doesnt mean we should give up.We can find out what we need to know.We can find out everything

Take back the smile and the night, take it all back, I wish I could.

I was too jitterbuggy happy to sleep, and the whole day kept playing in my brain’s little screening room.

Here we are at the bottom, almost empty. It’s like confetti, these dried remnants you find in the street for a party no one invited you to. But they used to be, I can admit, part of something beautiful.

This is love, to sit with someone you’ve known forever in a place you’ve been meaning to go, and watching as their life happens to them until you stand up and it’s time to go.

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.

The flames rose bright on everyone’s screens, flickering lipstick red and traffic-cone orange and Lord knows what else, depending on how your television’s colour was.

When you say, “History is written by the winners,” you like to think about someone who isn’t you. You want to think, “Oh, that’s the juggernaut I’m standing against.” But you’re probably part of it.