I just don't understand it," said Klaus, which was not something he said very often. Violet nodded in agreement, and then said something she didn't say very frequently either. "It's a puzzle I'm not sure we can solve." "Pietrisycamollaviadelrechiotemexity," Sunny said, which was something she had said only once before. It meant something along the lines of "I must admit I don't have the faintest idea of what is going on," and the first time the youngest Baudelaire had said it, she had just been brought home from the hospital where she was born, and was looking at her siblings as they leaned over her crib to greet her.
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I knew she had gone through a lot... ERICA BAUERMEISTER I don’t know. D’you think? He’s pretty wide in the chest.” The girl looked at me... M.T. ANDERSON David had said something about her 'distinctive features'. Was he going to make her look ethnic? Jad... FRANCINE PASCAL It's the same thing,' I told her. 'What is?' 'Being afraid and being alive.' 'No,' sh... SARAH DESSEN Myra wasn't simple or complicated. She was different. She was not perfect, not even close but her fl... PARUL WADHWA ...Again she did not seem to hear, still looking into Cale’s eyes. Then slowly, hopelessly, she dr... PAUL HOFFMAN How did you meet him?" I asked her. She smiled. "Here, actually. During a dinner rush. He was s... SARAH DESSEN She had to go," said Rose. "It was because of her angel," said Indigo. "And because of Gra... HILARY MCKAY What is wrong with the [tale of] Two Swords?" he asked, even more surprised. "Don't you care for it?... 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I told her I was playing in the All-Star game and she said 'why?... JIMMY ROY Then, slowly, my feet settled to the ground. Before I had taken six steps I sagged like a sail when ... PATRICK ROTHFUSS Damn, damn, damn," she said. "I never said why I like you, and now I have to go." "That's okay,... RAINBOW ROWELL The car came opposite her, and she curtsied so low that recovery was impossible, and she sat down in... E.F. BENSON No matter what, the day didn't feel like Christmas to her. She remembered years ago, when... KAYLA KRANTZ He had then warned his daughter not to violate the Eleventh Commandment. "Which one is that?" I... ERICH SEGAL Sounds like that happens to you a lot. Bet your girlfriend wasn't thrilled, though." She wasn't sure... MELISSA DE LA CRUZ I said, I want to tell you something. She said, you can tell me tomorrow. I had never told... 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ROWLING I heard a great story recently, I love telling it, of a little girl who was in a drawing lesson, she... SIR KEN ROBINSON She said, 'I'm so afraid.' And I said, 'why?,' and she said, 'Because I'm so profoundly happy, Dr. R... KHALED HOSSEINI He offered her the world. She said she had her own. MONIQUE DUVAL He offered her the world. She said she had her own! HANAE AVLEE He then kissed her. It was a very long time before he let her go. When he did, she looked... EVA IBBOTSON I'd love to, she finally said,"on one condition." I steadied myself, hoping it wasn't something... NICHOLAS SPARKS While this is all very amusing, the kiss that will free the girl is the kiss that she most desires,�... CASSANDRA CLARE So what's your doll's name?" Boo asked me. "Barbie," I said. "All their names are Barbie." SARAH DESSEN You should read something else." Why would he have done that to him?" I don't know," she s... NICHOLAS SPARKS I had dinner with Marlene Dietrich in the early 1970s. 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LEMONY SNICKET There was still plenty of water in the basement, and I felt it soaking me from the knees on down. If... LEMONY SNICKET It looked like something the Hemlock needed, or a piece of equipment a plumber had left behind. It l... LEMONY SNICKET But the world did not match the picture in my head, and instead I was with a strange, uncombed perso... LEMONY SNICKET They were almond cookies, although they could have been made of spinach and shoes for all I cared. I... LEMONY SNICKET It felt like the wrong thing to do, standing at the wrong door in the wrong place. We did it anyway.... LEMONY SNICKET Stretched out in front of me was my time as an adult, and then a skeleton, and then nothing except p... LEMONY SNICKET It is always terrible to be told to go play with people one doesn’t know... LEMONY SNICKET The map is not the territory. LEMONY SNICKET I do what I do," I said, "in order to do something else. LEMONY SNICKET Nothing firms up a friendship like a good-natured argument. LEMONY SNICKET You must be all a-tingle with excitement.' 'I guess so,' I said, but I did not feel a-tingle. I... LEMONY SNICKET I thought maybe if I stared hard enough, I could see the lights of the city I had left so very far b... LEMONY SNICKET The library was one enormous room, with long, high metal shelves and the perfect quiet that librarie... LEMONY SNICKET There are two good reasons to put your napkin in your lap. One is that food might spill in your lap,... LEMONY SNICKET I went into the bathroom to brush my teeth. It is good to brush your teeth when you are angry, becau... LEMONY SNICKET There was something I was always very good at, however, and that was teaching myself not to be frigh... LEMONY SNICKET Scolding must be very, very fun, otherwise children would be allowed to do it. It is not because chi... LEMONY SNICKET So you’re reluctant, I said to myself. Many, many people are reluctant. It’s like having feet. I... LEMONY SNICKET The children of this world and the adults of this world are in entirely separate boats and only drif... LEMONY SNICKET A mystery is solved with a story. LEMONY SNICKET I’m reminded of a book my father used to read me,” she said. “A bunch of elves and things get ... LEMONY SNICKET You may be right,' she said, a phrase which here meant 'I’m wrong, but I don’t have the courage ... LEMONY SNICKET Knowing that something is wrong and doing it anyway happens very often in life, and I doubt I will e... LEMONY SNICKET There's an easy method for finding someone when you hear them scream. First get a clean sheet of pap... LEMONY SNICKET Don’t repeat yourself. It’s not only repetitive, it’s redundant, and people have heard it befo... LEMONY SNICKET They say in every library there is a single book that can answer the question that burns like a fire... LEMONY SNICKET How clever of you to figure that out,' said a voice at the top of the stairs, and Violet, and Klaus ... LEMONY SNICKET I'm not a stranger," I said, and pointed to his book. "I'm someone who reads the same authors you do... LEMONY SNICKET There is nothing wrong with crying at the end of a long day. LEMONY SNICKET being skeptical is a good thing for a journalist, because it means you don't completely trust anyone... LEMONY SNICKET There are people in the world who care about automobiles, and there are people who couldn't care les... LEMONY SNICKET Perhaps I had been in another world before I was born, and did not remember it, or perhaps I would s... LEMONY SNICKET There are many mysteries I have never solved, and the hair of my chaperone is perhaps my most curiou... LEMONY SNICKET It is never seven that you count to, before you do something difficult. It is never at the count of ... LEMONY SNICKET The three of us stood there for a minute. I don’t know what Stew was thinking, and the filing cabi... LEMONY SNICKET When you need a haircut, it looks like you have no one to take care of you. LEMONY SNICKET I don't know why wicked places generally look wicked. You'd think they'd look nice, to fool people, ... LEMONY SNICKET They can teach you anything. That doesn't mean you learn it. It doesn't mean you believe it. LEMONY SNICKET The trick to following someone without getting caught is to follow somebody who doesn't think they'r... LEMONY SNICKET I thought the war was a simple matter, with one side good and the other evil. But the more I read, t... LEMONY SNICKET Complimenting someone in an exaggerated way is known as flattery, and flattery will generally get yo... LEMONY SNICKET Of course you can trust me," Jake Hix said. "We read the same books. LEMONY SNICKET It is a lonely feeling when someone you care about becomes a stranger. LEMONY SNICKET Nobody should feel pain all by themselves. LEMONY SNICKET There are some secrets you want to keep to yourself, even if they don't matter. They might only matt... LEMONY SNICKET