849 Quotes by Lemony Snicket

The way sadness works is one of the strange riddles of the world. If you are stricken with a great sadness, you may feel as if you have been set aflame, not only because of the enormous pain but also because your sadness may spread over your life, like smoke from an enormous fire.

Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby: awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.

There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself

After you leave home, you may find yourself feeling homesick, even if you have a new home that has nicer wallpaper and a more efficient dishwasher than the home in which you grew up.

Assumptions are dangerous things to make, and like all dangerous things to make -- bombs, for instance, or strawberry shortcake -- if you make even the tiniest mistake you can find yourself in terrible trouble.

But I must admit I miss you quite terribly. The world is too quiet without you nearby.

Making assumptions simply means believing things are a certain way with little or no evidence that shows you are correct, and you can see at once how this can lead to terrible trouble.

You can see that it is better not to make too many assumptions, particularly in the morning.

I don't know if you've ever noticed this, but first impressions are often entirely wrong.