The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9) QUOTES

2 " Instead of the word 'love' there was an enormous heart, a symbol sometimes used by people who have trouble figuring out the difference between words and shapes. "

― Lemony Snicket , The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9)

4 " Miracles are like meatballs, because nobody can exactly agree on what they are made of, where they come from, or how often they should appear. Some people say that a sunrise is a miracle, because it is somewhat mysterious and often very beautiful, but other people say it is simply a fact of life, because it happens every day and far too early in the morning. Some people say that a telephone is a miracle, because it sometimes seems wondrous that you can talk with somebody who is thousands of miles away, and other people say it is merely a manufactured device fashioned out of metal parts, electronic circuitry, and wires that are very easily cut. And some people say that sneaking out of a hotel is a miracle, particularly if the lobby is swarming with policemen, and other people say it is simply a fact of life, because it happens every day and far too early in the morning. So you might think that there are so many miracles in the world that you can scarcely count them, or that there are so few that they are scarcely worth mentioning, depending on whether you spend your mornings gazing at a beautiful sunset or lowering yourself into a back alley with a rope made of matching towels. "

― Lemony Snicket , The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9)

6 " Besides getting several paper cuts in the same day or receiving the news that someone in your family has betrayed you to your enemies, one of the most unpleasant experiences in life is a job interview. It is very nerve-wracking to explain to someone all the things you can do in the hopes that they will pay you to do them. I once had a very difficult job interview in which I had not only to explain that I could hit an olive with a bow and arrow, memorize up to three pages of poetry, and determine if there was poison mixed into cheese fondue without tasting it, but I had to demonstrate all these things as well. "

― Lemony Snicket , The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9)

8 " As I'm sure you know, whenever you are examining someone else's belongings, you are bound to learn many interesting things about the person of which you were not previously aware. You might examine some letters your sister received recently, for instance, and learn that she was planning on running away with an archduke. You might examine the suitcases of another passenger on a train you are taking, and learn that he had been secretly photographing you for the past six months. I recently looked in the refrigerator of one of my enemies and learned she was a vegetarian, or at least pretending to be one, or had a vegetarian visiting her for a few days. "

― Lemony Snicket , The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9)

10 " But the siblings could scarcely remember when they had been able to relax and do the things they liked to do best. It seemed ages since Violet had been able to sit around and think of inventions, instead of frantically building something to get them out of trouble. Klaus could barely remember the last book he had read for his own enjoyment, instead of as research to defeat one of Olaf's schemes. And Sunny had used her teeth many, many times to escape from difficult situations, but it had been quite a while since she had bitten something recreationally. "

― Lemony Snicket , The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9)

12 " 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. "

― Lemony Snicket , The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9)

14 " For Beatrice, our love broke my heart,
and stopped yours. "

― Lemony Snicket , The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9)

16 " But the sad truth is that the truth is sad, and that what you want does not matter. A series of unfortunate events can happen to anyone, no matter what they want. "

― Lemony Snicket , The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9)

18 " There are some things we might not know, but that doesn't mean we should give up. We can find out what we need to know. We can find out everything "

― Lemony Snicket , The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9)

20 " Tragedies are stories that usually begin fairly happily and then steadily go downhill, until all of the characters are dead, wounded, or otherwise inconvenienced. "

― Lemony Snicket , The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9)