Daniel Handler quotes - page 8

They are all one, the mothers of us all, like the money you spent. Imagine the vanish of weight if the advice of your mother never existed. They tell us things, unless we have no mothers and either way things turn out such that nothing you've ever heard is ever any help. (Daniel Handler)
Wedding after wedding after wedding and then yours - your wedding? Would that make you what they're now calling happy? View quote
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Olaf: I'm a genius! I've solved all of our problems! Look! Violet: Renaming the boat doesn't solve any of our problems. View quote
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She had the look in her eye when you kick and kick at the door and it doesn't open, when you write a boy letters and letters and he never loves you, not ‘til the day he dies. Not even then. View quote
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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. View quote
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Tears are curious things, for like earthquakes or puppet shows, they can occur at any time, without any warning and without any good reason. View quote
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I was not a particularly brave child, I think, because I had a narrative mind, because my mind automatically went to any terrible thing that could happen. View quote
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Waiting is one of life's hardships. View quote
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I suppose I'll have to add the force of gravity to my list of enemies. View quote
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The smell of cooking food is often a calming one. View quote
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Do the scary thing first, and get scared later. (Daniel Handler)
There are some secrets you want to keep to yourself, even if they don't matter. They might only matter if you keep them secret. View quote
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Anyone who gives you a cinnamon roll fresh out of the oven is a friend for life. View quote
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Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have. View quote
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A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them. View quote
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Well-read people are less likely to be evil. View quote
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In times of extreme stress, one can often find energy hidden in even the most exhausted areas of the body. View quote
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It is very easy to say that the important thing is to try your best, but if you are in real trouble the most important thing is not trying your best, but getting to safety. View quote
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It was a curious feeling, that something could be so close and so distant at the same time. View quote
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Sometimes words are not enough. There are some circumstances so utterly wretched that I cannot describe them in sentences or paragraphs or even a whole series of books. View quote
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Any playlist without Prince is no friend of mine. (Daniel Handler)
Blank paper has always inspired me. View quote
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I'm always interested to see what films are made of books. I kind of don't participate as a filmgoer in any kind of debate about what's better, the book or the movie. So I think it's interesting when people want to do it. View quote
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It is my fate that some of my questions will never be answered. View quote
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How can someone so wonderful do something so terrible? View quote
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