People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict.
Daniel HandlerSometime during your lifeโin fact, very soonโyou may find yourself reading a book, and you may notice that a bookโs first sentence can often tell you what sort of story your book contains.
Daniel HandlerIt is very difficult to make one's way in this world without being wicked at one time or another, when the world's way is so wicked to being with.
Daniel HandlerIt is almost as if happiness is an acquired taste, like coconut cordial or ceviche, to which you can eventually become accustomed, but despair is something surprising each time you encounter it.
Daniel Handler