Tears are curious things, for like earthquakes or puppet shows, they can occur at any time, without any warning and without any good reason. Daniel Handler More Quotes by Daniel Handler More Quotes From Daniel Handler The Violins waltzed. The Cellos and Basses provided accompaniment. The Violas mourned their fate, while the Concertmaster showed off. The Flutes did bird imitations…repeatedly, and the reed instruments had the good taste to admire my jacket. The Trumpets held a parade in honor of our great nation, while the French Horns waxed nostalgic about something or other. The Trombones had too much to drink. The Percussion beat the band, and the Tuba stayed home playing cards with his landlady, the Harp, taking sips of warm milk a blue little cup. “But the Composer is still dead. Daniel Handler fate home blue Composer” is a word which here means “a person who sits in a room, muttering and humming and figuring out what notes the orchestra is going to play.” This is called composing. But last night, the Composer was not muttering. He was not humming. He was not moving, or even breathing. This is called decomposing. Daniel Handler night mean moving Fetching objects for people who are too lazy to fetch them for themselves is never a pleasant task, particularly when the people are insulting you. Daniel Handler lazy insulting people Sometimes words are not enough. Daniel Handler enough sometimes I'm not a believer in predetermined fates, being rewarded for one's efforts. I'm not a believer in karma. The reason why I try to be a good person is because I think it's the right thing to do. If I commit fewer bad acts there will be fewer bad acts, maybe other people will join in committing fewer bad acts, and in time there will be fewer and fewer of them. Daniel Handler karma fate thinking How can someone so wonderful do something so terrible? Daniel Handler terrible wonderful There are many, many types of books in the world, which makes good sense, because there are many, many types of people, and everybody wants to read something different. Daniel Handler musician book people In the secret pocket, she often kept a small pocket dictionary, which she would take out whenever she encountered a word she did not know. Daniel Handler dictionary pockets secret E!" Klaus cried. "E as in Exit!" The Baudelaires ran down E as in Exit, but when they reached the last cabinet, the row was becoming F as in Falling File Cabinets, G as in Go the Other Way! and H as in How in the World Are We Going to Escape? Daniel Handler way world fall Most schools have a loud system of loud bells, which startle the students and teachers at regular intervals and remind them that time is passing even more slowly than it seems. Daniel Handler bells teacher school Just because something is typed-whether it is typed on a business card or typed in a newspaper or book-this does not mean that it is true. Daniel Handler business truth book If you are a student you should always get a good nights sleep unless you have come to the good part of your book, and then you should stay up all night and let your schoolwork fall by the wayside, a phrase which means 'flunk'. Daniel Handler good-night book fall After a certain age, you couldn't even say where you were from. You went someplace, and lived there. And then you went someplace else. Daniel Handler certain age If you like books with happy endings then put this book down immediately. Daniel Handler happy-endings ifs book Can't we sleep ten minutes more? I was having a lovely dream about sneezing without covering my mouth, and giving everybody germs. Daniel Handler dream sleep giving You know, there's a big world out there filled with desperate orphans who would gladly swim across an ocean of thumbtacks just to be eclipsed by the long shadow that is cast by my accomplishments. Daniel Handler accomplishment ocean long All the secrets of the world are contained in books. Read at your own risk. Daniel Handler risk secret book I have a dream of what would have happened if what happened instead hadn't. Daniel Handler happened ifs dream This is love, to sit with someone you've known forever in a place you've been meaning to go, and watching as their life happens to them until you stand up and it's time to go. Daniel Handler life-happens happens forever Someone can break your heart, leave you dead on the lawn, and still you never learn what to say to stop it all over again. Daniel Handler lawns break heart
