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161 " ...There are almost as many kinds of libraries as there are kinds of readers. "
― Lemony Snicket , The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9)
162 " You cannot have a really terrific library without at least one terrific librarian, the way you cannot have a really terrific bedroom unless you can lock the door. "
― Lemony Snicket , Shouldn't You Be in School? (All the Wrong Questions, #3)
163 " A letter may be coded, and a word may be coded. A theatrical performance may be coded, and a sonnet may be coded, and there are times when it seems the entire world is in code. Some believe that the world can be decoded by performing research in a library. Others believe that the world can be decoded by reading a newspaper. "
― Lemony Snicket , The Complete Wreck (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Books 1-13)
164 " ...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 , The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
165 " 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 , Horseradish
166 " It is always tedious when someone tells you that if you don't stop crying, they will give you something to cry about, because if you are crying then you already have something to cry about, and so there is no reason for them to give you anything additional to cry about, thank you very much. "
― Lemony Snicket , The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #10)
167 " It is always better to ask a question than to answer one. "
168 " I don't know why wicked places generally look wicked. You'd think they'd look nice, to fool people, but they hardly ever do. "
― Lemony Snicket , When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions, #2)
169 " It is very unnerving to be proven wrong, particularly when you are really right and the person who is really wrong is proving you wrong and proving himself, wrongly, right. "
― Lemony Snicket , The Blank Book (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
170 " ..no matter how much one reads, the whole story can never be told. "
― Lemony Snicket , The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #13)
171 " Oftentimes. when people are miserable, they will want to make other people miserable, too. But it never helps. "
172 " People don't always get what they deserve in this world. "
173 " Why does anyone have a lot of rules? So they can boss people around, I guess. "
― Lemony Snicket , The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7)
174 " You would run much slower if you were dragging something behind you, like a knapsack or a sheriff. "
― Lemony Snicket
175 " This is an absurd moral, for you and I both know that sometimes not only is it good to lie, it is necessary to lie. "
― Lemony Snicket , The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #2)
176 " You don't spend your life hanging around books without learning a thing or two. "
177 " One of the most difficult things to think about in life is one’s regrets. Something will happen to you, and you will do the wrong thing, and for years afterward you will wish you had done something different. "
178 " One of the most difficult things to think about in life is one's regrets. Something will happen to you, and you will do the wrong thing, and for years afterward you will wish you had done something different. "
179 " The key to good eavesdropping is not getting caught. "
180 " Count Olaf sounds like an awful person. I hope he is torn apart by wild animals someday. Wouldn't that be satisfying? "