I didn't like books where people played on a sports team and won a bunch of games, or went to summer camp and had a wonderful time. I really liked a book where a witch might cut a child's head off or a pack of angry dogs might burst through a door and terrorize a family. Daniel Handler
Some Similar Quotes
  1. Happiness [is] only real when shared - Jon Krakauer

  2. That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable. - Deb Caletti

  3. I may not always be with you But when we're far apart Remember you will be with me Right inside my heart - Marc Wambolt

  4. Then I discovered that being related is no guarantee of love! - Stieg Larsson

  5. But grief makes a monster out of us sometimes .. . and sometimes you say and do things to the people you love that you can't forgive yourself for. - Melina Marchetta

More Quotes By Daniel Handler
  1. The thing with your heart's desire is that your heart doesn't even know what it desires until it turns up.

  2. A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been flooded.

  3. I gasped and pointed the way. I gave you an adventure, Ed, right in front of you but you never saw it until I showed you, and that's why we broke up.

  4. This is how it is in life and love. In life and love we are with people for a while, and then we join other people, people we have not met, and we walk with them, and we leave behind all the things we used...

  5. Everything else has vanished, so you take them now. Maybe if you're the one keeping them, I'll be the one feeling better.

Related Topics