Daniel Handler
Daniel Handler
Daniel Handleris an American writer and journalist. He is best known for his work under the pen name Lemony Snicket, having published children's series A Series of Unfortunate Events and All the Wrong Questions under this pseudonym. He has also published adult novels under his real name; his first book The Basic Eight was rejected by many publishers for its dark subject matter. His most recent book is We Are Pirates. Handler has also played the accordion in several bands...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 February 1970
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Take back the smile and the night, take it all back, I wish I could.
You can invent things like automatic popcorn poppers. You can invent things like steam-powered window washers. But you can’t invent more time.
The children of this world and the adults of this world are in entirely separate boats and only drift near each other when we need a ride from someone or when someone needs us to wash our hands.
Never, under any circumstances, let the Virginian wolfsnake near a typewriter.
...that's not why we broke up. I love it, I miss it, I hate to give it back to you, this complicated thing, it's why we stayed together
I stand entwined in fire on the inextinguishable bonfire of inconceivable love.
There is no way of knowing for sure whether or not you can trust someone, for the simple reason that circumstances change all of the time.
Every problem has a solution. Sometimes it just takes a long time to find the solution -- even if it's right in front of your nose.
In times of extreme stress, one can often find energy hidden in even the most exhausted areas of the body.
It is true, of course, that there is no way of knowing for sure whether or not you can trust someone, for the simple reason that circumstances change all of the time. You might know someone for several years, for instance, and trust him completely as your friend, but circumstances could change and he could become very hungry, and before you knew it you could be boiling in a soup pot, because there is no way of knowing for sure.
I didn't realize this was a sad occasion.
An Overall Feeling of Doom that One Cannot Ever Escape no Matter What One Does
13. 99 percent is a very large percentage. For instance, easily 99 percent of people want a roof over their heads, food on their tables, and the occasional slice of cake for dessert. Surely an arrangement can be made with that niggling 1 percent who disagree.
In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle.