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.
Daniel HandlerJust because something is typed-whether it is typed on a business card or typed in a newspaper or book-this does not mean that it is true.
Daniel HandlerWhat happens in a certain place can stain your feelings for that location, just as ink can stain a white sheet. You can wash it, and wash it, and still never forget what has transpired - a word which here means 'happened, and made everybody sad'.
Daniel HandlerBut the three siblings were not born yesterday. Violet was born more than fifteen years before this particular Wednesday, and Klaus was born approximately two years after that, and even Sunny, who had just passed out of babyhood, was not born yesterday. Neither were you, unless of course I am wrong, in which case welcome to the world, little baby, and congratulations on learning to read so early in life.
Daniel Handler