All The Wrong Questions Quotes

“You don't spend your life hanging around books without learning a thing or two.”
― Lemony Snicket, Shouldn't You Be in School?

“The world is swirling with so many mysteries and secrets that nobody will ever track down all of them. But with a book you can stay up very late, reading until all the secrets are clear to you. The questions of the world are hidden forever, but the answers in a book are hiding in plain sight.”
― Lemony Snicket, Shouldn't You Be in School?

“We believe in an aristocracy... Not an aristocracy of power, based on rank or wealth, but an aristocracy of the sensitive, the considerate, and the plucky. Our members are found in all nations and classes, and all through the ages, and there is a secret understanding between us when we meet... We represent the true human tradition, the one permanent victory over cruelty and chaos. We're an invincible army, but not a victorious one. We've had different names throughout history, but all the words that describe us are false and all attempts to organize us fail. Right now we're called V.F.D., but all our schisms and arguments might cause us to disappear. It won't matter. People like us always slip through the net. Our true home is the imagination, and our kingdom is the wide-open world.”
― Lemony Snicket, Shouldn't You Be in School?

“Josephine caught my eye and gave me a signal we'd used for years to indicate that one of us had to leave. The signal was mouthing the words "I have to leave" and pointing at the door.”
― Lemony Snicket, Shouldn't You Be in School?

“I'm not a stranger," I said, and pointed to his book. "I read the same authors you do.”
― Lemony Snicket, When Did You See Her Last?

“(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?

“No matter how many slow and complicated mysteries I encounters in my life, I still hope that one day a slow and complicated mystery will be solved quickly and simply. An associate of mine calls this feeling “the triumph of hope over experience”, which simply means that it’s never going to happen, and that is what happened then.”
― Lemony Snicket, When Did You See Her Last?

“– To była niezła sztuczka – powiedziała. – Gdzie się pan nauczył tak dobrze spadać na drzewa?
– Odebrałem nietypowe wykształcenie – odrzekłem.
– A schodzić z drzewa pana nauczyli?
– Najlepszy sposób to poczekać na kogoś z drabiną.
– Na kogoś? – powtórzyła. – To znaczy konkretnie na kogo?
– Nie wiem. Nie znam jej imienia.”
― Lemony Snicket, Who Could That Be at This Hour?