849 Quotes by Lemony Snicket

La gente malvagia non ha mai tempo per leggere.

Mob psychology,” Sunny said, remembering a term Klaus had taught her shortly before she took her first steps.

Miracles are like pimples, because once you start looking for them you find more than you ever dreamed you’d see.

You cannot wait for an untroubled world to have an untroubled moment. The terrible phone call, the rainstorm, the sinister knock on the door – they will all come. Soon enough arrive the treacherous villain and the unfair trial and the smoke and the flames of the suspicious fires to burn everything away. In the meantime, it is best to grab what wonderful moments you find lying around.

Ike always loved the sunshine, and I like to imagine that wherever he is now, it’s as sunny as can be. Of course, nobody knows what happens to you after you die, but it’s nice to think of my husband someplace very, very hot, don’t you think?

That, Beatrice, is how I will love you even as the world goes on its wicked way.

Nobody likes to be tapped on the knee. Practically nobody likes to be tapped anywhere.

In a world too often governed by corruption and arrogance, it can be difficult to stay true to one’s philosophical and literary principles.

The quoting of an aphorism, like the angry barking of a dog or the smell of overcooked broccoli, rarely indicates that something helpful is about to happen. An aphorism is merely a small group of words arranged in a certain order because they sound good that way, but oftentimes people tend to say them as if they were saying something very mysterious and wise.