821 Quotes by Daniel Handler

How do you forget something? You just walk away from it, those who are still alive. There are so few clearings in our hearts and minds, so few places where something can’t grow on top of whatever happened to us before, and this is love too.

This is love if it’s not with you, a terrible fiery something that makes people look away, and it feels like a punch in the throat.

Allison decided it was okay sort of like if you’re in a car and it topples off a hill you decide it’s okay to fall, too.

I want to love you and take you pretty places. Yes, I have things wrong, but also I can walk through walls if you’ll let me show you.

Every night I give a violin recital for six hours, and attendance is mandatory. The word ‘mandatory’ means that if you don’t show up, you have to buy me a large bag of candy and watch me eat it.

He who wants the world must first escape from it.

I was so angry I knew it would boomerang someplace sometime soon.

I’m not very good at the accordion. If I played guitar, I wouldn’t be on anyone’s album. But because I play the accordion and no one else does, I end up doing strange things.

Come on in,” I said again, and he came on in and I hugged him. I felt his arms, warm through the linen. Suddenly there was a reason to leave the house and see other humans, because some of them were good.