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I find you interesting, Joe, so nearly everything you say will be interesting too. I love you. I could say I'm lonely but that's not the only reason.

— Daniel Handler Adverbs (2006)

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Miracles are like meatballs because nobody knows what they are made of, where they came from, or how often they should appear.

The Carnivorous Carnival (2002)

As the aphorism says, If you have to ask, you can't afford it.

Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography (2002)

My stepfather said that the amount of treachery in this world is enormous and that the best we could do was one small noble thing.

The Grim Grotto (2004)

For Beatrice— No one could extinguish my love, or your house.

The Penultimate Peril (2005)

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.

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And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.

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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

Bertrand Russell Marriage and Morals (1929)

Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.

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Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.

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