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Count Olaf Quotes

Total quotes: 11
“You see, a scheme is like a fire. Everything must be in order for it to work. You need matches, torches, an angry mob that won’t listen to reason, and the right sort of kindling. Orphans, for instance, tied to the wooden stake.”
— Count Olaf, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Season 2: The Vile Village
Tagged: Simile Examples, Scheme, matches, Fire, torches, angry mob
“The stove is a bit like a servant. You have to whack it sometimes to get it to work.”
— Count Olaf, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Season 1: The Bad Beginning
Tagged: stove, Servant, whack, Work, Metaphor Examples
“Poor little orphan. Haven’t you learned anything this year? Week? Season?”
— Count Olaf, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Season 1: The Miserable Mill
Tagged: poor, little, Orphan, Learning, week, Season
“Girls were falling all over me in school, and not just because I would extend my leg when they walked by. I was a lone wolf, a mysterious stranger, a member of the drama club.”
— Count Olaf, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Season 2: The Austere Academy
Tagged: Girls, School, Leg, walked by, lone wolf, mysterious stranger
“This school has a new kind of spirit energy. A sense of unity and joy which you usually cannot find unless you are at a birthday party or a public hanging.”
— Count Olaf, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Season 2: The Austere Academy
Tagged: School, spirit energy, Unity, Joy, Metaphor Examples, birthday party
“Is this about the children? I apologize for the noise. I told them to cry using their inside voices.”
— Count Olaf, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Season 1: The Bad Beginning
Tagged: Children, Apologize, noises, cry, inside voices
“Parts of the plan were unplanned. That’s the plan. I mean, you don’t want to overplan a plan.”
— Count Olaf, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Season 2: The Vile Village
Tagged: Unplanned, plan, overplan
“If you want a mule to move, you can reward it with a carrot or you can hit it with a stick.”
— Count Olaf, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Season 2: The Carnivorous Carnival
Tagged: Metaphor Examples, Mule, Move, carrot, Stick
“Poetry? You’ll stop at nothing to make me talk.”
— Count Olaf, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Season 2: The Vile Village
Tagged: Poetry, Stop At Nothing, talk
“Patience is like a grating foreign accent. It can wear thin.”
— Count Olaf, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Season 2: The Carnivorous Carnival
Tagged: Patience, accent, wear thin, Simile Examples
“It’s time. Let’s lose our first patient.”
— Count Olaf, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Season 2: The Hostile Hospital
Tagged: Time, first patient, Lose, Death
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