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“and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.”

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Daniel Handler, born on February 28, 1970, is an accomplished American author known for his unique literary style and thought-provoking themes. His works have won the hearts of readers worldwide. more

“'This thing I feel, I can't name it straight out but it seems important, do you feel it too?' — this sort of direct question is not for the squeamish. For one thing, it's perilously close to 'Do you like me? Please like me,' which you know quite well that 99% of all the interhuman manipulation and bullshit gamesmanship that goes on goes on precisely because the idea of saying this sort of thing straight out is regarded as somehow obscene.”

Knows Feels Wells I Can Important Ideas Seems Names One Thing Goes On Please Direct Like Me Manipulation Bullshit Obscene Do You Like Me

Author:David Foster Wallace

“People who stay in the same town with the same friends for their entire lives never get a chance to find out who they can really be, because they will always be considered as who they were.”

People Chance Towns

Author:Lisa Unger

“Some things are better left buried and forgotten.”

Left Forgotten Buried

Book:The Lauren Oliver Collection: Before I Fall, Panic, Vanishing Girls

Source: The Lauren Oliver Collection: Before I Fall, Panic, Vanishing Girls

“No motive is pure. No one is good or bad-but a hearty mix of both. And sometimes life actually gives to you by taking away.”

Giving Sometimes Pure Motive Sometimes In Life Hearty

Book:Wishful Drinking

Source: Wishful Drinking

“Sanity is all that stands between good and evil.”

Evil Good And Evil Sanity

Author:Raymond E. Feist

“Can I ask you a personal question"? Of all the rhetorical questions in the world, that is the one which irritates me most with its simultaneous gesture towards and denial of the trespass that is about to follow.”

World Asks Denial Gestures Rhetorical Simultaneous Rhetorical Question Personal Question

Book:Broken Verses

Source: Broken Verses

“Don't you know how much I hero-worshiped you when I was a kid? You were Marie Curie crossed with Emily Bronte crossed with Joan of Arc to me when I was ten. And when i told you that, you said my cultural references were the sign of a colonized mind.”

Knows Mind Said Kids Know How Hero Ten Arcs Emily Marie Bronte

Author:Kamila Shamsie

“You proclaim that one should die for the highest virtues, because you take it for granted that nobody's been living for them, not even for a single hour.”

Should Dies Hours Virtue Highest Granted

Author:Robert Musil

“If it is true that there is no greater sorrow than to remember a happy time in a state of misery, it is just as true that calling up a moment of anguish in a tranquil mood, seated quietly at one's desk, is a source of profound satisfaction.”

Ifs States Moments Remember Greater Source Sorrow Calling Misery Profound Satisfaction Mood Desks Anguish Tranquil Happy Times

Book:The periodic table

Source: The periodic table

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