849 Quotes by Lemony Snicket

Sunny held Kit, and Violet held Klaus, and for a minute the four castaways did nothing but weep, letting their tears run down their faces and into the sea, which some have said is nothing but a library of all tears in history.

You're a marshmallow, Carmelita.

You would run much slower if you were dragging something behind you, like a knapsack or a sheriff.

But the sad truth is that the truth is sad, and what you want does not matter

It doesn't matter if you never see someone again, I told myself. There are millions of people in the world, and most of them never see each other in the first place. You hoped to know Ellington Feint forever, but there's no such thing as forever, really. Everything is much shorter than that.

There is no point in delaying crying. Sadness is like having a vicious alligator around. You can ignore it for only so long before it begins devouring things and you have to pay attention.

It is good to brush your teeth when you are angry, because you brush harder and do a better job.

It is easy to decide on what is wrong to wear to a party, such as deep-sea diving equipment or a pair of large pillows, but deciding what is right is much trickier.

It is difficult, when faced with a situation you cannot control, to admit you can do nothing.