“There is no worse sound in the world than someone who cannot play the violin but insists on doing so anyway.”

“I'm sure you have heard it said that appearance does not matter so much, and that it is what's on the inside that counts. This is, of course, utter nonsense, because if it were true then people who were good on this inside would would never have to comb their hair or take a bath, and the whole world would smell even worse than it already does.”

“Nowhere in the world is safe," Count Olaf said. Not with you around," Violet agreed.I'm no worse than anyone else," Count Olaf said.”

“How can someone so wonderful do something so terrible?”

“It felt like the wrong thing to do, standing at the wrong door in the wrong place. We did it anyway. Knowing something is wrong and doing it anyway happens very often in life, and I doubt I will eer know why.”

“Knowing that something is wrong and doing it anyway happens very often in life, and I doubt I will ever know why.”

“Friends can make you feel that the world is smaller and less sneaky than it really is, because you know people who have similar experiences.”