849 Quotes by Lemony Snicket

There are some things you cannot explain to anyone, even whey they have been explained to you, over and over, almost since the day you were born.

It's hard when you're missing your family," Pip said, and started the motor. " You wake up every morning like someone took one of your legs.

There's nothing wrong with athletics, but they shouldn't get in the way of your schoolwork.

Do the scary thing first and get scared later.

This is an absurd moral, for you and I both know that sometimes not only is it good to lie, it is necessary to lie.

When someone is crying, of course, the noble thing to do is to comfort them. But if someone is trying to hide their tears, it may also be noble to pretend you do not notice them.

One of the most difficult things to think about in life is one’s regrets. Something will happen to you, and you will do the wrong thing, and for years afterward you will wish you had done something different.

Anyone who knew Violet well could tell she was thinking hard, because her long hair was tied up in a ribbon to keep it out of her eyes. Violet had a real knack for inventing and building strange devices, so her brain was often filled with images of pulleys, levers, and gears, and she never wanted to be distracted by something as trivial as her hair.

It is much, much worse to receive bad news through the written word than by somebody simply telling you, and I’m sure you understand why. When somebody simply tells you bad news, you hear it once, and that’s the end of it. But when bad news is written down, whether in a letter or a newspaper or on your arm in felt tip pen, each time you read it, you feel as if you are receiving the bad news again and again.