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When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions, #2) QUOTES

When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions, #2) QUOTES

1 " It was a puzzle, a dark and lonely one, and if I were a piece in this puzzle, I did not know where it belonged. I needed to put myself aside, just for a little while, until I saw where I might fit in. "

― Lemony Snicket , When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions, #2)

2 " Being curious is the most important part of being a journalist. It might be the most important part of being anything. "

― Lemony Snicket , When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions, #2)

3 " He looked like the sort of person who would tell you that he did not have an umbrella to lend you when he actually had several and simply wanted to see you get soaked. "

― Lemony Snicket , When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions, #2)

4 " With a library it is easier to hope for serendipity than to look for a precise answer. "

― Lemony Snicket , When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions, #2)

5 " 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)

6 " [I]t was the color of someone buying you an ice cream cone for no reason at all. "

― Lemony Snicket , When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions, #2)

7 " I'm not a stranger," I said, and pointed to his book. "I'm someone who reads the same authors you do. "

― Lemony Snicket , When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions, #2)

8 " Anyone who thinks the pen is mightier than the sword has not been stabbed with both. "

― Lemony Snicket , When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions, #2)

9 " I'm not a stranger," I said, and pointed to his book. "I read the same authors you do. "

― Lemony Snicket , When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions, #2)

10 " No matter how many slow and complicated mysteries I encounters in my life, I still hope that one day a slow and complicated mystery will be solved quickly and simply. An associate of mine calls this feeling “the triumph of hope over experience”, which simply means that it’s never going to happen, and that is what happened then. "

― Lemony Snicket , When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions, #2)

11 " Do the scary thing first, and get scared later. "

― Lemony Snicket , When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions, #2)

12 " Anyone who gives you a cinnamon roll fresh out of the oven is a friend for life. "

― Lemony Snicket , When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions, #2)

13 " No reality has the power to dispel a dream. "

― Lemony Snicket , When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions, #2)

14 " 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. "

― Lemony Snicket , When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions, #2)

15 " We weren't friends[...]We were more like jigsaw pieces, each of us part of the same big picture. There are people like this wherever you go. They are part of the same mystery as you are, but you can't quite tell how you fit together. The world is a puzzle, and we can't solve it alone. "

― Lemony Snicket , When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions, #2)

16 " We are all told to ignore bullies. It's something they teach you, and they can teach you anything. It doesn't mean you learn it. It doesn't mean you believe it. One should never ignore bullies. One should stop them. "

― Lemony Snicket , When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions, #2)

17 " It seemed to me that every adult did something terrible sooner or later. And every child, I thought, sooner or later becomes an adult. "

― Lemony Snicket , When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions, #2)

18 " Boredom is not black licorice, Snicket," she said. "There's no reason to share it with me. "

― Lemony Snicket , When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions, #2)

19 " There are some secrets you want to keep to yourself, even if they don't matter. They might only matter if you keep them secret. "

― Lemony Snicket , When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions, #2)

20 " It is a lonely feeling when someone you care about becomes a stranger. "

― Lemony Snicket , When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions, #2)