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“One of the world's most tiresome questions is what object one would bring to a desert island,because people always answer "a deck of cards" or "Anna Karenina" when the obvious answer is "a well equipped boat and a crew to sail me off the island and back home where I can play all the card games and read all the Russian novels I want.”
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“Unless you have been very, very lucky, you have undoubtedly experienced events in your life that have made you cry. So unless you have been very, very lucky, you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.”
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
“There are some people who believe that home is where one hangs one's hat, but these people tend to live in closets and on little pegs.”
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
“Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them.”
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
“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.”
― The Composer Is Dead: An Inspector interrogates the orchestra's instrument suspects in Lemony Snicket's witty whodunit set at the symphony hall.
This is called decomposing.”
― The Composer Is Dead: An Inspector interrogates the orchestra's instrument suspects in Lemony Snicket's witty whodunit set at the symphony hall.
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