Quotes By Author: Daniel Handler

“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.”

“Everything else has vanished, so you take them now. Maybe if you’re the one keeping them, I’ll be the one feeling better.”

“This is how it is in life and love. In life and love we are with people for a while, and then we join other people, people we have not met, and we walk with them, and we leave behind all the things we used to be. Sometimes we leave people behind too… This happens everyday. Everyday this happens and scarcely anybody cares.”

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