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  • #1
    Pseudonymous Bosch
    “Generally speaking, books don't cause much harm. Except when you read them, that is. Then they cause all kinds of problems.”
    Pseudonymous Bosch, The Name of This Book Is Secret

  • #2
    Lemony Snicket
    “Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.”
    Lemony Snicket

  • #3
    Lemony Snicket
    “Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.”
    Lemony Snicket

  • #4
    Lemony Snicket
    “People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict.”
    Lemony Snicket, The Grim Grotto

  • #5
    Lemony Snicket
    “The sad truth is the truth is sad.”
    Lemony Snicket, The Hostile Hospital

  • #6
    Lemony Snicket
    “At times the world may seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe that there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough. and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.”
    Lemony Snicket

  • #7
    Lemony Snicket
    “Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.”
    Lemony Snicket, The Blank Book

  • #8
    Lemony Snicket
    “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.”
    Lemony Snicket, The Carnivorous Carnival

  • #9
    Lemony Snicket
    “They didn't understand it, but like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.”
    Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning

  • #10
    Lemony Snicket
    “It is very unnerving to be proven wrong, particularly when you are really right and the person who is really wrong is proving you wrong and proving himself, wrongly, right.”
    Lemony Snicket, The Blank Book

  • #11
    Lemony Snicket
    “For some stories, it's easy. The moral of 'The Three Bears,' for instance, is "Never break into someone else's house.' The moral of 'Snow White' is 'Never eat apples.' The moral of World War I is 'Never assassinate Archduke Ferdinand.”
    Lemony Snicket, The Wide Window

  • #12
    Lemony Snicket
    “Assumptions are dangerous things to make, and like all dangerous things to make -- bombs, for instance, or strawberry shortcake -- if you make even the tiniest mistake you can find yourself in terrible trouble. Making assumptions simply means believing things are a certain way with little or no evidence that shows you are correct, and you can see at once how this can lead to terrible trouble. For instance, one morning you might wake up and make the assumption that your bed was in the same place that it always was, even though you would have no real evidence that this was so. But when you got out of your bed, you might discover that it had floated out to sea, and now you would be in terrible trouble all because of the incorrect assumption that you'd made. You can see that it is better not to make too many assumptions, particularly in the morning.”
    Lemony Snicket, The Austere Academy

  • #13
    Lemony Snicket
    “To hear the phrase "our only hope" always makes one anxious, because it means that if the only hope doesn't work, there is nothing left.”
    Lemony Snicket, The Blank Book

  • #14
    Pseudonymous Bosch
    “Books can also provoke emotions. And emotions sometimes are even more troublesome than ideas. Emotions have led people to do all sorts of things they later regret-like, oh, throwing a book at someone else.”
    Pseudonymous Bosch, The Name of This Book Is Secret

  • #15
    Pseudonymous Bosch
    “Only bad books have good endings.
    If a book is any good, it's ending is always bad - because you don't want the book to end.”
    Pseudonymous Bosch, The Name of This Book Is Secret

  • #16
    Pseudonymous Bosch
    “USE COMMON SENSE. If somebody offers you a thousand dollars for this book, chances are their motives are not pure. Then again, a thousand dollars is a lot of money. Take the money and run.”
    Pseudonymous Bosch, This Isn't What It Looks Like

  • #17
    Pseudonymous Bosch
    “Very little in this world makes sense.”
    Pseudonymous Bosch, If You're Reading This, It's Too Late

  • #18
    Pseudonymous Bosch
    “You know, people always warn children about taking candy from strange adults. But they never warn us adults about taking candy from strange children.
    All those sweet-looking kids who sell boxes of candy bars on the street to help pay for schooling - how do we know what's in those bars? And don't even get me stated on that nefarious institution designed to lure unsuspecting customers into buying mysterious frosted goodies: the bake sale.
    Adults, be warned: if a child wanted to poison you it would be a piece of cake! Literally a piece of cake.”
    Pseudonymous Bosch, This Book Is Not Good for You

  • #19
    Pseudonymous Bosch
    “Some secrets are meant to be known- but once known you can never forget them.”
    Pseudonymous Bosch, The Name of This Book Is Secret

  • #20
    Rick Riordan
    “With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.”
    Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

  • #21
    Rick Riordan
    “Let us find the dam snack bar," Zoe said. "We should eat while we can."
    Grover cracked a smile. "The dam snack bar?"
    Zoe blinked. "Yes. What is funny?"
    "Nothing," Grover said, trying to keep a straight face. "I could use some dam french fries."
    Even Thalia smiled at that. "And I need to use the dam restroom."
    ...
    I started cracking up, and Thalia and Grover joined in, while Zoe just looked at me. "I do not understand."
    "I want to use the dam water fountain," Grover said.
    "And..." Thalia tried to catch her breath. "I want to buy a dam t-shirt.”
    Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse

  • #22
    Rick Riordan
    “If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.”
    Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

  • #23
    Rick Riordan
    “How did you die?"
    "We er....drowned in a bathtub."
    "All three of you?"
    "It was a big bathtub.”
    Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

  • #24
    Rick Riordan
    “People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.”
    Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth

  • #25
    Rick Riordan
    “I nodded, looking at Rachel with respect. "You hit the Lord of the Titans in the eye with a blue plastic hairbrush.”
    Rick Riordan

  • #26
    Rick Riordan
    “It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.”
    Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

  • #27
    Rick Riordan
    “Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.”
    Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

  • #28
    Rick Riordan
    “Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.”
    Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

  • #29
    Lemony Snicket
    “The key to good eavesdropping is not getting caught.”
    Lemony Snicket, The Blank Book

  • #30
    Lemony Snicket
    “Sometimes, just saying that you hate something, and having someone agree with you, can make you feel better about a terrible situation.”
    Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning



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