If only Uncle Monty knew what we know," Violet said, "and Stephano knew that he knew what we know. But Uncle Monty doesn't know what we know, and Stephano knows that he doesn't know what we know." "I know," Klause said. "I know you know," Violet said

Daniel Handler

Categorized in : Said Violet Uncles

Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby - awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.

Daniel Handler

family baby love

I'm sure you have heard it said that appearance does not matter so much, and that it is what's on the inside that counts. This is, of course, utter nonsense, because if it were true then people who were good on this inside would would never have to comb their hair or take a bath, and the whole world would smell even worse than it already does.

Daniel Handler

smell hair people

The thing with your heart's desire is that your heart doesn't even know what it desires until it turns up.

Daniel Handler

turns desire heart

If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats.

Daniel Handler

cat humanity animal

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.

Daniel Handler

gay cute long

the table of elements does not contain one of the most powerful elements that make up our world, and that is the element of surprise.

Daniel Handler

our-world powerful doe

Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been carried on for hundreds of years, but that doesn't mean we should all attack ships and steal their gold.

Daniel Handler

gold mean years

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.

Daniel Handler

differences heart people

My chauffer once told me that I would feel better in the morning, but when I woke up the two of us were still on a tiny island surrounded by man-eating crocodiles, and, as I'm sure you can understand, I didn't feel any better about it.

Daniel Handler

feel-better morning men

And a refrigerator may hold a basket of strawberries, which would be important if a maniac said to you, "If you don't give me a basket of strawberries right now, I'm going to poke you with this large stick." But when the two elder Baudelaires and Quigley Quagmire opened the refrigerator, they found nothing that would help someone who was wounded, dying of thirst, or being threatened by a strawberry-crazed, stick-carrying maniac.

Daniel Handler

important giving two

Wishing, like sipping a glass of punch, or pulling aside a bearskin rug in order to access a hidden trapdoor in the floor, is merely a quiet way to spend one's time before the candles are extinguished on one's birthday cake.

Daniel Handler

cake glasses order

...everyone was right about you- prove them wrong.

Daniel Handler

prove-them-wrong prove

The last safe place is safe no more.

Daniel Handler

safe-places lasts safe

Either you have the feeling or you don't. Hawk Davies

Daniel Handler

hawks feelings

There are so many movies like this, where you thought you were smarter than the screen but the director was smarter than you, of course he's the one, of course it was a dream, of course she's dead, of course, it's hidden right there, of course it's the truth and you in your seat have failed to notice in the dark.

Daniel Handler

dark dream directors

Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.

Daniel Handler

educational reading book

I am so tired, I can hardly type these worfs.

Daniel Handler

i-am-so-tired type tired

They looked at each other like a pair of parentheses.

Daniel Handler

parentheses pairs

A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been flooded.

Daniel Handler

ignorance islands book

When do you learn that the world, like any diner worth its salt, is open twenty-four hours a day?

Daniel Handler

diners twenties world