849 Quotes by Lemony Snicket

I can’t sleep if there’s murderers on the loose!” cried another guest. “Amen, brother!” said another person. “If a crime has been committed, then it’s our duty to stand around in our pajamas in the name of justice!

Defenestration” is.

Nevermore Tree was gargantuan, a word which here means ’having attained an inordinate amount of botanical volume.

You cannot live far from the treachery of the world, because eventually the treachery will wash up on your shores.

It is not very polite to interrupt a person, of course, but sometimes if the person is very unpleasant you can hardly stop yourself.

To be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forgo even ambition when the end is gained – who can say this is not greatness?

There is nothing wrong with crying at the end of a long day.

The difference between a house and a home is like the difference between a man and a woman – it might be embarrassing to explain, but it would be very unusual to get them confused.

Fire is like greed, my comrade. It spreads across the world, thinking only of itself, seizing everything it sees, and ruining everyone’s fun.