"The Vile Village" Quotes
In "The Vile Village," the Baudelaire orphans face a series of unfortunate events in a village governed by strict rules while trying to solve the mystery of their missing friends and avoid the villainous Count Olaf.
fiction | 272 pages | Published in 2001
Quotes
Just because something is typed, whether it is typed by a typewriter, typed by a computer, or typed by a typewriter attached to a computer, doesn't mean that it is true.
The trouble with a long journey like this one is that you end up just as much a stranger at the end as you were at the beginning.
The phrase 'in the dark' means 'without information', but it doesn't mean 'without hope'.
A man of my acquaintance once wrote a poem called 'The Road Less Traveled,' describing a journey he took through the woods along a path most travelers never used.
There are many, many things that are difficult in this world, but believing something shouldn’t be one of them.
It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. It’s like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there is.
There are those who say that life is an illusion, and that reality is simply a figment of our imaginations.
No matter how many misfortunes befall them, they will always find a way to survive.
There is a big difference between having a philosophy and being a philosopher.
One of the most difficult things to think about in life is one’s regrets.
