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Lemony Snicket Quotes

Total quotes: 65
“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, A Series Of Unfortunate Events
Tagged: Life, Fate, Destiny, Self-Direction
“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.”
— Lemony Snicket, A Series Of Unfortunate Events: The Grim Grotto
“There are those who say that life is like a book, with chapters for each event in your life and a limited number of pages on which you can spend your time. But I prefer to think that a book is like a life, particularly a good one, which is well to worth staying up all night to finish.”
— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)
Tagged: Reading, Life, Literature, humor
“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)
Tagged: Reading, Literature, Books
“I suppose I'll have to add the force of gravity to my list of enemies.”
— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)
Tagged: gravity, Enemy, Life, Fate
“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.”
— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)
Tagged: Tradition
“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 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
“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
“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
“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
“Sooner or later, everyone's story has an unfortunate event or two... the solution, of course, is to stay as far away from the world as possible and lead a safe, simple life.”
— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)
Tagged: Unfortunate Events, Trials, Overcoming Obstacles
“Miracles are like pimples, because once you start looking for them you find more than you ever dreamed you'd see.”
— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)
Tagged: Miracles, humor
“There are many difficult things in this world to hide, but a secret is not one of them.”
— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)
Tagged: Secrets, Keeping Secrets
“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
“If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book.”
— Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning: Or, Orphans! (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1)
Tagged: first lines of books
“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.”
— Lemony Snicket, The Complete Wreck (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Books 1-13)
Tagged: Life, The World, humanity, Good, Evil
“Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby- awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.”
— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)
Tagged: Love, Change
“Sometimes, just saying that you hate something, and having someone agree with you, can make you feel better about a terrible situation.”
— Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning: Or, Orphans! (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1)
Tagged: terrible, solidarity, Life, situations
“'I'm not a stranger,' I said, and pointed to his book. 'I'm someone who reads the same authors you do.'”
— Lemony Snicket, When Did You See Her Last?
Tagged: Stranger, Books, Reading
“Even though there are no ways of knowing for sure, there are ways of knowing for pretty sure.”
— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)
Tagged: Certainty, Truth, humor
“Unless you have been very, very lucky, you have undoubtedly experienced events in your life that have made you cry. So unless you have been very, very lucky, 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, A Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snicket 13 Books Collection Pack Set (Includes the Bad Beginning, the Reptile Room, the Wide Window, the Miserable Mill, the Austere Academy, the Grim Grotto, the Penultimate Peril, the End)
Tagged: Crying, Tears, Life
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