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All the secrets of the world are contained in books. Read at your own risk.
Daniel Handler
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Daniel Handler
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: February 28
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So every so often, when I meet someone who's honestly appalled by my books and doesn't understand why they would be attractive to people... I find such people sort of charming, even though they usually don't like me.
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With a library it is easier to hope for serendipity than to look for a precise answer.
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Tell me what it is, or prepare to eat harpoon.
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Count Olaf certainly does sound evil. Imagine forcing children to stand near a stove!
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Everybody has a theory.
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For Beatrice - you will always be in my mind, in my heart and in your grave.
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Someone can break your heart, leave you dead on the lawn, and still you never learn what to say to stop it all over again.
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A passport, as I'm sure you know, is a document that one shows to government officials whenever one reaches a border between two countries, so that the official can learn who you are, where you were born, and how you look when photographed unflatteringly.
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