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Lemony Snicket Quotes

Total quotes: 135
“There are times when the entire world seems wrong. The way a reptile room without any reptiles seems wrong. The way a bookshelf without any books seems wrong. Or a loved one’s house without the loved one.”
— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Season 1: The Reptile Room
Tagged: Wrong, entire world, imbalanced, reptile, Books, loved one
“The three siblings were not born yesterday. Neither were you, unless of course I am wrong, in which case, welcome to the world, little baby, and congratulations on learning to read so early in life.”
— Lemony Snicket, The Penultimate Peril
Tagged: Series Of Unfortunate Events
“Everyone should be able to do one card trick, tell two jokes, and recite three poems, in case they are ever trapped in an elevator.”
— Lemony Snicket, Horseradish
Tagged: Series Of Unfortunate Events, trapped, elevator
“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.”
— Lemony Snicket, Horseradish
Tagged: Crying, Tears, noble
“You know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.”
— Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning
Tagged: Crying, Tears, Change
“I will love you if I never see you again and I will love you if I see you every Tuesday.”
— Lemony Snicket, A Series Of Unfortunate Events
Tagged: Love, Breakups, Change
“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, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)
Tagged: Personal Philosophy, Morality, humor
“I don’t know if you’ve ever noticed this, but first impressions are often entirely wrong.”
— Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning: Or, Orphans! (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1)
Tagged: Relationships, Psychology, Judgmental, Perspective
“If writers wrote as carelessly as some people talk, then adhasdh asdglaseuyt[bn[ pasdlgkhasdfasdf.”
— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)
Tagged: Writing, Literature, Authors, Reading
“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'.”
— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)
Tagged: student, studying, School, Reading, Literature, Books
“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)
Tagged: humor, Sarcasm, Being Polite
“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(13 Book Series)
Tagged: Love, Falling In Love, Relationships
“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.”
— Lemony Snicket, The Complete Wreck (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Books 1-13)
Tagged: Crying, Comfort, noble
“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, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)
Tagged: Friendship, Life
“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, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)
Tagged: Home, humor
“Wicked people never have time for reading. It's one of the reasons for their wickedness.”
— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)
Tagged: Reading, Books, Literature, Good, Evil
“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.”
— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)
Tagged: Pain, Grief, Loss, Love
“If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats.”
— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events Collection: Books 1-13
Tagged: Series Of Unfortunate Events, Allergies, cats, Funny, humor
“Everyone tells you it's all right to cry, but not enough people say it's all right if you don't want people to know.”
— Lemony Snicket, Shouldn't You Be in School?
Tagged: Crying, Tears, Secrets
“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, The Slippy Slope
Tagged: Series Of Unfortunate Events, Fate
“Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby—awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.”
— Lemony Snicket, Horseradish
Tagged: Series Of Unfortunate Events, careless, Love, Parenting
“They didn’t understand it, but like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don’t understand doesn’t mean it isn’t so.”
— Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning
Tagged: Series Of Unfortunate Events, Understanding, Life
“I will love you if I never see you again, and I will love you if I see you every Tuesday.”
— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events Collection: Books 1-13
Tagged: Series Of Unfortunate Events, Love
“If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.”
— Lemony Snicket, A Series Of Unfortunate Events, The Ersatz Elevator
Tagged: Waiting, Taking Action, motivation, Self-Direction
“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, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)
Tagged: Politeness, Death, humor
“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, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)
Tagged: Optimism
“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.”
— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)
Tagged: Quest, Discovery, Timing, Waiting, Taking Action, Being Proactive
“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)
Tagged: Control, Fate, Helplessness
“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)
Tagged: Misery, Sadness, Loss, Pain, Grief
“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, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)
Tagged: Happiness, Sadness, Grief, Despair, Pain
“There is no point in delaying crying. Sadness is like having a vicious alligator around. You can ignore it for only so long before it begins devouring things and you have to pay attention.”
— Lemony Snicket, Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights?
Tagged: Crying, Sadness, Tears
“The best way to keep a secret is to tell it to everyone you know, but pretend you are kidding.”
— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events Collection: Books 1-13
Tagged: Series Of Unfortunate Events, Secret, Kidding
“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, Horseradish
Tagged: Series Of Unfortunate Events, Hope For The Best, strange
“Anyone who thinks the pen is mightier than the sword has not been stabbed with both.”
— Lemony Snicket, Who Could That Be at This Hour?
Tagged: Series Of Unfortunate Events
“If we wait until we're ready we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives. Let's go.”
— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events Collection: Books 1-13
Tagged: Series Of Unfortunate Events, Waiting, Life
“All the secrets of the world are contained in books. Read at your own risk.”
— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)
Tagged: Reading, Books, Literature
“A good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.”
— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)
Tagged: Weeping, Crying, Sadness, Grief, Loss
“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)
Tagged: Reading, Literature, humor
“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)
Tagged: Reading, Literature, Books, Libraries
“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, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)
Tagged: humor, Wordplay
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