60 Of The Best Lemony Snicket Quotes On Love, Loss And The Timeless Importance Of Literature

“I will love you as a thief loves a gallery and as a crow loves a murder, as a cloud loves bats and as a range loves braes. I will love you as misfortune loves orphans, as fire loves innocence and as justice loves to sit and watch while everything goes wrong.”

— Lemony Snicket, goodreads.com

“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.”

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“Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.”

— Lemony Snicket, goodreads.com

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

— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com

“Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been carried on for hundreds of years, but that doesn't mean we should all attack ships and steal their gold.”

— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com

“Well-read people are less likely to be evil.”

— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com

“I will love you if you don’t marry me. I will love you if you marry someone else your co-star, perhaps, or Y., or even O., or anyone Z. through A., even R. Although sadly I believe it will be quite some time before two women can be allowed to marry and I will love you if you have a child, and I will…”

— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com

“Strange as it may seem, I still hope for the best, even though the best, like an interesting piece of mail, so rarely arrives, and even when it does it can be lost so easily.”

— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com

“There are many difficult things in this world to hide, but a secret is not one of them.”

— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com

“A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been flooded.”

— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com

“Deciding whether or not to trust a person is like deciding whether or not to climb a tree because you might get a wonderful view from the highest branch or you might simply get covered in sap and for this reason many people choose to spend their time alone and indoors where it is harder to get a spl…”

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“Friends can make you feel that the world is smaller and less sneaky than it really is, because you know people who have similar experiences.”

— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com

“There is a kind of crying I hope you have not experienced, and it is not just crying about something terrible that has happened, but a crying for all of the terrible things that have happened, not just to you but to everyone you know and to everyone you don’t know and even the people you don’t want…”

— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com

“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.”

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

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“A successful villain should have all these things at his or her villainous fingertips, or else give up villainy altogether and try to lead a life of decency, integrity, and kindness, which is much more challenging and noble, if not always quite as exciting.”

— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com

“Normally it is not polite to go into somebody’s room without knocking, but you can make an exception if the person is dead, or pretending to be dead.”

— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com

“What happens in a certain place can stain your feelings for that location, just as ink can stain a white sheet. You can wash it, and wash it, and still never forget what has transpired - a word which here means 'happened, and made everybody sad'.”

— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com

“There are some people who believe that home is where one hangs one's hat, but these people tend to live in closets and on little pegs.”

— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com

“Sooner or later, everyone's story has an unfortunate event or two... the solution, of course, is to stay as far away from the world as possible and lead a safe, simple life.”

— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com

“Having a personal philosophy is like having a pet marmoset, because it may be very attractive when you acquire it, but there may be situations when it will not come in handy at all.”

— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com

“It is very frustrating not to be understood in this world. If you say one thing and keep being told that you mean something else, it can make you want to scream. But somewhere in the world there is a place for all of us, whether you are an electric form of decoration, peppermint-scented sweet, a sou…”

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“Just about everything in this world is easier said than done, with the exception of 'systematically assisting Sisyphus's stealthy, cyst-susceptible sister,' which is easier done than said.”

— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com

“Criminals should be punished, not fed pastries.”

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“There are those who say that life is like a book, with chapters for each event in your life and a limited number of pages on which you can spend your time. But I prefer to think that a book is like a life, particularly a good one, which is well to worth staying up all night to finish.”

— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com

“Happiness is an acquired taste, like coconut cordial or ceviche, to which you can eventually become accustomed, but despair is something surprising each time you encounter it.”

— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com

“It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom…”

— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com

“The way sadness works is one of the strange riddles of the world.”

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“The best strategy for a job interview is to be fairly honest, because the worst thing that can happen is that you won't get the job and will spend the rest of your life foraging for food in the wilderness and seeking shelter underneath a tree or the awning of a bowling alley that has gone out of bus…”

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“Even though there are no ways of knowing for sure, there are ways of knowing for pretty sure.”

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