849 Quotes by Lemony Snicket

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    I’m afraid that’s the wicked way of the world. Everything’s covered in smoke and mirrors.

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    In every other place on Earth, nobility and integrity are vanishing quickly.

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    It doesn’t matter if you look ridiculous, not if you are with people you know and trust. If you are with people you know and trust and.

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    Duncan kept his hand on Violet’s and talked to her about terrible concerts he had attended back when the Quagmire parents were alive, and she was happy to hear his stories. Isadora began working on a poem about libraries and showed Klaus what she had written in her notebook, and Klaus was happy to offer suggestions. And Sunny snuggled down in Violet’s lap and chewed on the armrest of her seat, happy to bite something that was so sturdy.

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    You might compare your pimple situation to that of someone who was being eaten by a bear, and when you looked in the mirror at your ugly pimple, you could say to yourself, “Well, at least I’m not being eaten by a bear.

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    I thought maybe if I stared hard enough, I could see the lights of the city I had left so very far behind. This was nonsense, of course, but there’s nothing wrong with occasionally staring out the window and thinking nonsense, as long as the nonsense is yours.

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    There is no worse sound in the world than someone who cannot play the violin but insists on doing so anyway.

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    No matter who you are, no matter where you live, and no matter how many people are chasing you, what you don’t read is often as important as what you do read.

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