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

“If you have ever lost a loved one, then you know exactly how it feels. And if you have not, then you cannot possibly imagine it.”

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“It is terribly rude to tell people that their troubles are boring.”

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“As I am sure you know, when people say 'It's my pleasure,' they usually mean something along the lines of, 'There's nothing on Earth I would rather do less.'”

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“Oftentimes. when people are miserable, they will want to make other people miserable, too. But it never helps.”

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“Stealing, of course, is a crime, and a very impolite thing to do. But like most impolite things, it is excusable under certain circumstances. Stealing is not excusable if, for instance, you are in a museum and you decide that a certain painting would look better in your house, and you simply grab th…”

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“One of the remarkable things about love is that, despite very irritating people writing poems and songs about how pleasant it is, it really is quite pleasant.”

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“The key to good eavesdropping is not getting caught.”

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“A man of my acquaintance once wrote a poem called 'The Road Less Traveled', describing a journey he took through the woods along a path most travelers never used. The poet found that the road less traveled was peaceful but quite lonely, and he was probably a bit nervous as he went along, because if…”

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“Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.”

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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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“The moral of Snow White is never eat apples.”

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“If an optimist had his left arm chewed off by an alligator, he might say in a pleasant and hopeful voice, 'Well this isn't too bad, I don't have a left arm anymore but at least nobody will ever ask me if I'm left-handed or right-handed,' but most of us would say something more along the lines of, 'A…”

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

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“If you are a student you should always get a good nights sleep unless you have come to the good part of your book, and then you should stay up all night and let your schoolwork fall by the wayside, a phrase which means 'flunk'.”

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“It is difficult, when faced with a situation you cannot control, to admit you can do nothing.”

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“A good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.”

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“When someone is crying, of course, the noble thing to do is to comfort them. But if someone is trying to hide their tears, it may also be noble to pretend you do not notice them.”

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“If writers wrote as carelessly as some people talk, then adhasdh asdglaseuyt[bn[ pasdlgkhasdfasdf.”

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“All the secrets of the world are contained in books. Read at your own risk.”

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“Everyone, at some point in their lives, wakes up in the middle of the night with the feeling that they are all alone in the world, and that nobody loves them now and that nobody will ever love them, and that they will never have a decent night's sleep again and will spend their lives wandering blear…”

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“I suppose I'll have to add the force of gravity to my list of enemies.”

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“Wicked people never have time for reading. It's one of the reasons for their wickedness.”

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“Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.”

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“At times the world may seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe that there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough.”

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“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”

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“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.”

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“I will love you if I never see you again and I will love you if I see you every Tuesday.”

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“If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.”

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“People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict.”

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“It is likely I will die next to a pile of things I was meaning to read.”

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