849 Quotes by Lemony Snicket

I told you,” Count Olaf said weakly. “I told you I’d do that one last time.

Of course you can trust me,” Jake Hix said. “We read the same books.

The Baudelaire orphans hung on to one another, and wept and wept while the adults argued endlessly behind them. Finally-as, I’m sorry to say, Count Olaf forced the Quagmires into puppy costumes so he could sneak them onto the airplane without anyone noticing-the Baudelaires cried themselves out and just sat on the lawn together in weary silence.

Uncle Monty tell.

Taking one’s chances is like taking a bath, because sometimes you end up feeling comfortable and warm, and sometimes there is something terrible lurking around that you cannot see until it is too late and you can do nothing else but scream and cling to a plastic duck.

As I’m sure you know, to be in one’s own room, in one’s own bed, can often make a bleak situation a little better.

I’m not a stranger,” I said, and pointed to his book. “I’m someone who reads the same authors you do.

The smell of cooking food is often a calming one.

If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other books. In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle.