“Occasionally there are parents who say, "I brought my child so he or she could learn what the career of a writer is like, and you did this long theatrical performance instead, and I'm very disappointed."” ChildrenLongParentCareersPerformancesMy ChildrenDisappointedTheatrical Author:Daniel Handler
“I'd made pretty clear to the people at Paramount and Dreamworks that, if they wanted Lemony Snicket to comment, he would be completely horrified by the entire film. And as long as they understood that, it was okay. I'm not much of a fan of DVD commentaries myself, so this was my way of getting revenge, in a sense, for all the puffed-up directors and stars who talk endlessly about the self-aggrandizing minutiae of making a movie.” PeopleIfsWayLongMadeSelfWould BeWantedFilmStarsClearFansDirectorsUnderstoodOkayRevengeMy WayCommentCommentaryDvdsParamountMinutiaeSnicketDreamworksGetting Revenge Author:Daniel Handler
“Mostly, it's flattering to meet fans. As long as it's in a planned, professional meeting, rather than, say, someone dropping by my home, which is not as pleasant.” LongHomeFansMeetingsPleasantDroppingFlattering Author:Daniel Handler
“...you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.” IfsKnowsFeelsLongBitsCryChangedCircumstancesFeel BetterSessionWeepingMake You CryGood Long Author:Daniel Handler
“But one type of book that practically no one likes to read is a book about the law. Books about the law are notorious for being very long, very dull, and very difficult to read. This is one reason many lawyers make heaps of money. The money is an incentive - the word "incentive" here means "an offered reward to persuade you to do something you don't want to do - to read long, dull, and difficult books.” WantMeanLongBookReasonLawDifficultTypeRewardsLawyerLikesDullIncentivesNotoriousLaw Books Author:Daniel Handler
“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.” KnowsWorldLongBigsOceanShadowFilledCastsAccomplishmentDesperateSwimOrphanUnfortunate EventsSeries Of Unfortunate EventsLong Shadows Author:Daniel Handler
“One can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways.” IfsWayLongBigsPastAliveIntellectualCuriosityUsualBig ThingsInsatiableUnafraidBirthdays And AgingDisintegrationIntellectual Curiosity Author:Daniel Handler
“Anyone who knew Violet well could tell she was thinking hard, because her long hair was tied up in a ribbon to keep it out of her eyes. Violet had a real knack for inventing and building strange devices, so her brain was often filled with images of pulleys, levers, and gears, and she never wanted to be distracted by something as trivial as her hair.” ThinkingWellsLongRealHardEyeWantedBrainBuildingStrangeHairFilledDevicesTiedHer EyesVioletDistractedGearsInventingRibbonsKnackLeversLong HairTied UpPulleysThinking Hard Author:Daniel Handler
“The book was long, and difficult to read, and Klaus became more and more tired as the night wore on. Occasionally his eyes would close. He found himself reading the same sentence over and over. He found himself reading the same sentence over and over. He found himself reading the same sentence over and over.” WritingLongBookEyeNightReadingFoundDifficultTiredSentencesHis EyesReading BooksClosed Eyes Author:Daniel Handler
“For obvious reasons, I never told you about my notebook, with a cover as green as mansions long ago, which I use as a commonplace book, a phrase which here means 'place where I have collected passages from some of the most important books I have read.” MeanLongImportantBookReasonUseGreenObviousPhrasesPassagesLong AgoCommonplaceNotebookMansions Author:Daniel Handler
“Grief, a type of sadness that most often occurs when you have lost someone you love, is a sneaky thing, because it can disappear for a long time, and then pop back up when you least expect it.” LongLostLove IsGriefSadnessTypeLong TimePopsDisappearBereavementSomeone You LoveSneakyLost Someone Author:Daniel Handler
“A long time ago, there was no such thing as school, and children spent their days learning a trade, a phrase which here means "standing around doing tedious tasks under the instruction of a bossy adult." In time, however, people realized that the children could be allowed to sit, and the first school was invented.” PeopleFirstsMeanChildrenLongSchoolLong TimeAdultsStandingTasksTradePhrasesInstructionLong Time AgoTediousBossy Author:Daniel Handler
“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.” IfsKnowsLoveFeelsLongHas BeensMadeBitsEventsCryChangedCircumstancesLuckyFeel BetterSessionWeepingLucky YouGood LongGetting Over It Author:Daniel Handler
“Members of your family might say they are working hard all day long, while you are off at school or clarinet lessons, but the only way to know this for sure is to follow them at a discreet distance.” KnowsWayLongHardMightSchoolLessonsMembersDistanceDiscreetClarinet Author:Daniel Handler
“There are some who go through life with a shadow hanging over them, particularly if they live in a building which has long wide awnings.” IfsLongBuildingShadowWide Author:Daniel Handler
“An apocryphal story - the word "apocryphal" here means "obviously untrue" - tells of two people, long ago, who were very bored, and that instead of complaining about it they sat up all night and invented the game of chess so that everyone else in the world, on evenings when there is nothing to do, can also be bored by the perplexing and tedious game they invented.” PeopleWorldMeanLongTwoStoriesNightGamesComplainingChessEveningBoredSatLong AgoAll NightTediousUntrueUp All Night Author:Daniel Handler
“Money is like a child—rarely unaccompanied. When it disappears, look to those who were supposed to be keeping an eye on it while you were at the grocery store. You might also look for someone who has a lot of extra children sitting around, with long, suspicious explanations for how they got there.” LooksChildrenLongMightEyeMoneySittingDisappearStoresSupposed To BeExplanationExtrasSuspiciousGroceriesSitting AroundGrocery StoresSnicket Author:Daniel Handler
“They say love's like a bus, and if you wait long enough another one will come along, but not in this place where the buses are slow and most of the cute ones are gay.” IfsLongEnoughWaitingGayCuteBusAdverbs Author:Daniel Handler
“There are many things in life that become different if you take a long look at them.” IfsLooksLongDifferentThings In Life Author:Daniel Handler
“I’d ruin any day, all my days, for those long nights with you, and I did.” LongNightRuinsLong Nights Book:Why We Broke Up Source: Why We Broke Up
“Twenty-six,” you said. “One for each day we’ve been together, Min.”Somebody oohed. Somebody shushed them. “And I hope that someday I’ll do another something stupid and I’ll have to say it a million times because that’s how long it’ll be, together with you, Min. With you.” LongSaidTogetherMillionsStupidSixTwentiesEach DaySomedayTogether With You Author:Daniel Handler
“Every problem has a solution. Sometimes it just takes a long time to find the solution - even if it's right in front of your nose.” IfsLongSometimesProblemFrontsLong TimeSolutionsNoses Author:Daniel Handler
“The library was one enormous room, with long, high metal shelves and the perfect quiet that libraries provide for anyone looking for an answer.” LongAnswersPerfectRoomsQuietLibraryEnormousMetalsShelves Author:Daniel Handler
“...there's nothing wrong with occasionally staring out the window and thinking nonsense, as long as the nonsense is yours.” ThinkingLongWindowStaringNonsenseStaring Out The Window Author:Daniel Handler
“I am certain that over the course of your own life, you have noticed that people's rooms reflect their personalities. In my room, for instance, I have gathered a collection of objects that are important to me, including a dusty accordion on which I can play a few sad songs, a large bundle of notes on the activities of the Baudelaire orphans, and a blurry photograph, taken a very long time ago, of a woman whose name is Beatrice. These are items that are very precious and dear to me.” PeopleLongI CanImportantPlayCertainSongCoursesNamesRoomsTakenObjectsPersonalityActivityLong TimeNotesIncludingPhotographDearInstanceCollectionsItemsLong Time AgoOrphanBundlesAccordionsBlurrySad SongBaudelaire Author:Daniel Handler
“The Long Goodbye' is one book I like to read over and over again, and it was an enormous inspiration for 'All The Wrong Questions'.” LongBookInspirationEnormousGoodbye Author:Daniel Handler
