“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
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'Horseradish' contains a bouquet of alarming but inescapable truths from the work of Lemony Snicket, along with selections from his unpublished papers and remarks he has made at dinner parties and anarchist riots. He reminds the reader that even the loftiest of inspirations contains a sharp, bitter kernel of dread and vice versa.
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Lemony Snicket
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“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
“It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And ye...”
“If writers wrote as carelessly as some people talk, then adhasdh asdglaseuyt[bn[ pasdlgkhasdfasdf.”
“Everyone, at some point in their lives, wakes up in the middle of the night with the feeling that they are all alone in the world, and that nobody loves them now and that nobody will ever lo...”
“Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby- awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Siblings that say they never fight are most definitely hiding something”
“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. For instance, if you wake up to the sound of twittering bir...”
“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them”
“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 al...”
“It is difficult, when faced with a situation you cannot control, to admit you can do nothing.”
“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.”