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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.”

— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events

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

— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)

“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.'”

— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)

“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…”

— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)

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

— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)

“Something about first love defies duplication. Before it, your heart is blank. Unwritten. After, the walls are left inscribed and graffitied. When it ends, no amount of scrubbing will purge the scrawled oaths and sketched images, but sooner or later, you find that there’s space for someone else, bet…”

— Tammara Webber, Where You Are (Between the Lines Book 2)

“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, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)

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

— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)

“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…”

— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)

“Falling in love is very real, but I used to shake my head when people talked about soul mates, poor deluded individuals grasping at some supernatural ideal not intended for mortals but sounded pretty in a poetry book. Then, we met, and everything changed, the cynic has become the converted, the scep…”

— E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

““Beyond flakiness, as far as dating goes, I’ve observed many men who, while hopefully decent human beings in person, become sexually aggressive ‘douche monsters’ when hiding behind the texts on their phone. The messages being sent are inarguably inappropriate and often quite offensive, but, again, o…”

— Aziz Ansari, Modern Romance

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

— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)

“"Maybe not," she said as we came to the car. "But maybe that isn't so bad. You can't love anyone that way more than once in a lifetime. It's too hard and it hurts too much when it ends. The first boy is always the hardest to get over, Haven. It's just the way the world works.”

— Sarah Dessen, That Summer

“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.”

— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)

“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.”

— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)

“The future for me is already a thing of the past - You were my first love and you will be my last.”

— Bob Dylan, Quotes About First Love

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

— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)

“The act of being vulnerable is a courageous act.”

— Bryan Reeves, Tell the Truth, Let the Peace Fall Where it May: How Authentic Living Creates the Passion, Fulfillment & Love You Seek

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

— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)

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

— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)