821 Quotes by Daniel Handler

I have a dream of what would have happened if what happened instead hadn’t.

And I hope that someday I’ll do another something stupid and I’ll have to say it a million times because that’s how long it’ll be, together with you, Min. With you.

Friends can make you feel that the world is smaller and less sneaky than it really is.

It is useless for me to describe to you how terrible Violet, Klaus, and even Sunny felt in the time that followed. If you have ever lost someone very important to you, then you already know how it feels, and if you haven’t, you cannot possibly imagine it.

Nobody wants to hear that you will try your best. It is the wrong thing to say. It is like saying ‘I probably won’t hit you with a shovel.’ Suddenly everyone is afraid you will do the opposite.

They’re book addicts.

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.

Wherever it’s good, whatever strange, faraway land, let’s go there, let’s stay in that place alone.

Relax,” she said. “You will be wise. You’re young. You can’t have everything right away.” When something simple and true takes you by surprise, it hits you in the stomach.