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It looked exhausting and pointless, two things that should be avoided at all costs
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Daniel Handler
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: February 28
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I love no one but you, I have discovered, but you are far away and I am here alone. Then this is my life and maybe, however unlikely, I'll find my way back there. Or maybe, one day, I'll settle for second best. And on that same day, hell will freeze over, the sun will burn out and the stars will fall from the sky.
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We are a nation of children letting horrible things happen, and flunking Calc.
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I decided that it might be interesting to have terrible things happen to orphans over and over again.
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E! Klaus cried. E as in Exit! The Baudelaires ran down E as in Exit, but when they reached the last cabinet, the row was becoming F as in Falling File Cabinets, G as in Go the Other Way! and H as in How in the World Are We Going to Escape?
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Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.
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