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Daniel Handler Quotes

To Beatrice- My love flew like a butterfly Until death swooped down like a bat As the poet Emma Montana McElroy said: ‘That’s the end of that Picture Quote #1

Nobody wants to hear that you will try your best. It is the wrong thing to say. It is like saying ‘I probably won’t hit you with a shovel.’ Suddenly everyone is afraid you will do the opposite Picture Quote #1

I love no one but you, I have discovered, but you are far away and I am here alone. Then this is my life and maybe, however unlikely, I’ll find my way back there. Or maybe, one day, I’ll settle for second best. And on that same day, hell will freeze over, the sun will burn out and the stars will fall from the sky Picture Quote #1

I like to give people novels I think they would like, on no particular occasion - just when we’re in a bookstore together. I like to receive reference books on my birthday Picture Quote #1

For Beatrice - you will always be in my mind, in my heart and in your grave Picture Quote #1

I didn’t like books where people played on a sports team and won a bunch of games, or went to summer camp and had a wonderful time. I really liked a book where a witch might cut a child’s head off or a pack of angry dogs might burst through a door and terrorize a family Picture Quote #1

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I find reading screenplays difficult, as they’re only a roadmap for what a movie might end up being Picture Quote #1

...in life it is often the tiny details that end up being the most important Picture Quote #1

I think we’ll always miss our parents. But I think we can miss them without being miserable all the time. After all, they wouldn’t want us to be miserable Picture Quote #1

You know, there’s a big world out there filled with desperate orphans who would gladly swim across an ocean of thumbtacks just to be eclipsed by the long shadow that is cast by my accomplishments Picture Quote #1

Wishing, like sipping a glass of punch, or pulling aside a bearskin rug in order to access a hidden trapdoor in the floor, is merely a quiet way to spend one’s time before the candles are extinguished on one’s birthday cake Picture Quote #1

Can’t we sleep ten minutes more? I was having a lovely dream about sneezing without covering my mouth, and giving everybody germs Picture Quote #1

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Like a lot of people whose children were small in the 2000s, I read [Daniel Handler] books out loud and I loved them Picture Quote #1

I think there are probably just as many adults who would miss the humor of my books, if not more, as there are children Picture Quote #1

If you have ever slept in a covered casserole dish on the highest peak of a mountain range, then you know that it is an uncomfortable place to lay one’s head, even if you find a dish towel inside it that can serve as a blanket Picture Quote #1

I think books that are meant to be read in the nighttime ought to confront the very fears that we’re trying to think about Picture Quote #1

I often can’t remember which scenes are and aren’t in the final product, because I saw so many different versions of the Lemony Snicket that I forget which ended up on the cutting-room floor Picture Quote #1

I write every day weekdays for about 5 hours, mostly longhand on legal pads. It has gotten neither harder nor easier, sadly or happily Picture Quote #1

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One of the world’s most popular entertainments is a deck of cards, which contains thirteen each of four suits, highlighted by kings, queens and jacks, who are possibly the queen’s younger, more attractive boyfriends Picture Quote #1

The thing with your heart’s desire is that your heart doesn’t even know what it desires until it turns up Picture Quote #1

So every so often, when I meet someone who’s honestly appalled by my books and doesn’t understand why they would be attractive to people... I find such people sort of charming, even though they usually don’t like me Picture Quote #1

You’d think that sweet would be a land far, far away from irritating, but as it turns out they’re right next door, and always having border disputes Picture Quote #1

Taking one’s chances is like taking a bath, because sometimes you end up feeling comfortable and warm, and sometimes there is something terrible lurking around that you cannot see until it is too late and you can do nothing else but scream and cling to a plastic duck Picture Quote #1

I listen to Morricone, the famed Italian film composer, while I’m working Picture Quote #1

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My first novel took almost six years to sell and was rejected 37 times in the interim, and then finally sold for the smallest amount of money my literary agent had ever negotiated for a work of fiction Picture Quote #1

Goodness! Golly! Good God! Blessed Allah! Zeus and Hera! Mary and Joseph! Nathaniel Hawthorne! Don’t touch her! Grab her! Move closer! Run away! Don’t move! Kill the snake! Leave it alone! Give it some food! Don’t let it bite her! Lure the snake away! Here, snakey! Here, snakey snakey! Picture Quote #1

...you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit Picture Quote #1

Wherever it’s good, whatever strange, faraway land, let’s go there, let’s stay in that place alone Picture Quote #1

Xenial’ is a word which refers to the giving of gifts to strangers. . . . I know that having a good vocabulary doesn’t guarantee that I’m a good person. . . . But it does mean I’ve read a great deal. And in my experience, well-read people are less likely to be evil Picture Quote #1

Blank paper has always inspired me Picture Quote #1

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To Beatrice- My love flew like a butterfly Until death swooped down like a bat As the poet Emma Montana McElroy said: ‘That’s the end of that (Daniel Handler Quotes) Nobody wants to hear that you will try your best. It is the wrong thing to say. It is like saying ‘I probably won’t hit you with a shovel.’ Suddenly everyone is afraid you will do the opposite (Daniel Handler Quotes) I love no one but you, I have discovered, but you are far away and I am here alone. Then this is my life and maybe, however unlikely, I’ll find my way back there. Or maybe, one day, I’ll settle for second best. And on that same day, hell will freeze over, the sun will burn out and the stars will fall from the sky (Daniel Handler Quotes) I like to give people novels I think they would like, on no particular occasion - just when we’re in a bookstore together. I like to receive reference books on my birthday (Daniel Handler Quotes) For Beatrice - you will always be in my mind, in my heart and in your grave (Daniel Handler Quotes) I didn’t like books where people played on a sports team and won a bunch of games, or went to summer camp and had a wonderful time. I really liked a book where a witch might cut a child’s head off or a pack of angry dogs might burst through a door and terrorize a family. (Daniel Handler Quotes) I find reading screenplays difficult, as they’re only a roadmap for what a movie might end up being. (Daniel Handler Quotes) ...in life it is often the tiny details that end up being the most important. (Daniel Handler Quotes) I think we’ll always miss our parents. But I think we can miss them without being miserable all the time. After all, they wouldn’t want us to be miserable. (Daniel Handler Quotes) You know, there’s a big world out there filled with desperate orphans who would gladly swim across an ocean of thumbtacks just to be eclipsed by the long shadow that is cast by my accomplishments. (Daniel Handler Quotes) Wishing, like sipping a glass of punch, or pulling aside a bearskin rug in order to access a hidden trapdoor in the floor, is merely a quiet way to spend one’s time before the candles are extinguished on one’s birthday cake. (Daniel Handler Quotes) Can’t we sleep ten minutes more? I was having a lovely dream about sneezing without covering my mouth, and giving everybody germs. (Daniel Handler Quotes) Like a lot of people whose children were small in the 2000s, I read [Daniel Handler] books out loud and I loved them. (Daniel Handler Quotes) I think there are probably just as many adults who would miss the humor of my books, if not more, as there are children. (Daniel Handler Quotes) If you have ever slept in a covered casserole dish on the highest peak of a mountain range, then you know that it is an uncomfortable place to lay one’s head, even if you find a dish towel inside it that can serve as a blanket. (Daniel Handler Quotes) I think books that are meant to be read in the nighttime ought to confront the very fears that we’re trying to think about. (Daniel Handler Quotes) I often can’t remember which scenes are and aren’t in the final product, because I saw so many different versions of the Lemony Snicket that I forget which ended up on the cutting-room floor. (Daniel Handler Quotes) I write every day weekdays for about 5 hours, mostly longhand on legal pads. It has gotten neither harder nor easier, sadly or happily. (Daniel Handler Quotes) One of the world’s most popular entertainments is a deck of cards, which contains thirteen each of four suits, highlighted by kings, queens and jacks, who are possibly the queen’s younger, more attractive boyfriends. (Daniel Handler Quotes) The thing with your heart’s desire is that your heart doesn’t even know what it desires until it turns up. (Daniel Handler Quotes) So every so often, when I meet someone who’s honestly appalled by my books and doesn’t understand why they would be attractive to people... I find such people sort of charming, even though they usually don’t like me. (Daniel Handler Quotes) You’d think that sweet would be a land far, far away from irritating, but as it turns out they’re right next door, and always having border disputes. (Daniel Handler Quotes) Taking one’s chances is like taking a bath, because sometimes you end up feeling comfortable and warm, and sometimes there is something terrible lurking around that you cannot see until it is too late and you can do nothing else but scream and cling to a plastic duck. (Daniel Handler Quotes) I listen to Morricone, the famed Italian film composer, while I’m working (Daniel Handler Quotes) My first novel took almost six years to sell and was rejected 37 times in the interim, and then finally sold for the smallest amount of money my literary agent had ever negotiated for a work of fiction. (Daniel Handler Quotes) Goodness! Golly! Good God! Blessed Allah! Zeus and Hera! Mary and Joseph! Nathaniel Hawthorne! Don’t touch her! Grab her! Move closer! Run away! Don’t move! Kill the snake! Leave it alone! Give it some food! Don’t let it bite her! Lure the snake away! Here, snakey! Here, snakey snakey! (Daniel Handler Quotes) ...you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit. (Daniel Handler Quotes) Wherever it’s good, whatever strange, faraway land, let’s go there, let’s stay in that place alone. (Daniel Handler Quotes) Xenial’ is a word which refers to the giving of gifts to strangers. . . . I know that having a good vocabulary doesn’t guarantee that I’m a good person. . . . But it does mean I’ve read a great deal. And in my experience, well-read people are less likely to be evil. (Daniel Handler Quotes) Blank paper has always inspired me (Daniel Handler Quotes)

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