Who Could That Be At This Hour Quotes

“I went into the bathroom to brush my teeth. It is good to brush your teeth when you are angry, because you brush harder and do a better job.”
― Lemony Snicket, Who Could That Be at This Hour?

“(on the Pip and Squeak asking for a taxi tip)
"How about a tip?"
"Here's a tip," I said. "Next time you're at the library, check out a book about a champion of the world."
"By that author with all the chocolate?"
"Yes, but this one's even better It has some very good chapters in it."
"That's the kind of tip we can use," Squeak said. "Pip reads to me between fares.”
― Lemony Snicket, Who Could That Be at This Hour?

“I led her into the newsroom, removed the sheet, and pointed to the statue of the Bombinating Beast. She gestured to me that I should be the one to take it. I gestured back that she was the chaperone and the leader of this caper. She gestured to me that I shouldn't argue with her. I gestured to her that I was the one who had gotten us into the house in the first place. She gestured to me that my predecessor knew that the apprentice should never argue with the chaperone or complain and that I might model my own behavior after his. I gestured to her asking what the 'S' stood for in her name, and she replied with a very rude gesture, and I grabbed the statue and tucked it into my vest.”
― Lemony Snicket, Who Could That Be at This Hour?

“That's true," the male officer said. "Stew Mitchum is as cute as a button."

I tried to think of buttons I'd seen that liked to torture small animals, but I couldn't.”
― Lemony Snicket, Who Could That Be at This Hour?

“The map is not the territory," Snicket's chaperon advises him. "That's an expression which means the world does not match the picture in our heads.”
― Lemony Snicket, Who Could That Be at This Hour?

“Theodora glared at me, but Mrs. Murphy Sallis gave me a brief smile and offered me her hand, which was as smooth and soft as old lettuce.”
― Lemony Snicket, Who Could That Be at This Hour?

“The map is not the territory," Snicket's chaperone advises him. "That's an expression which means the world does not match the picture in our heads.”
― Lemony Snicket