I will love you as the iceberg loves the ship, and the passengers love the lifeboat and the lifeboat loves the teeth of the sperm whale, and the sperm whale loves the flavor of naval uniforms.
Daniel HandlerTears are curious things, for like earthquakes or puppet shows, they can occur at any time, without any warning and without any good reason.
Daniel HandlerEveryone tells you it's all right to cry, but not enough people say it's all right if you don't want people to know.
Daniel HandlerThere are some things we might not know,but that doesnt mean we should give up.We can find out what we need to know.We can find out everything
Daniel HandlerIt turns out she is Canadian, my editor, and so she drinks like a fish. So she wasn't a lightweight at all. And in the morning, she said that the idea still seemed like a good one, and here we are.
Daniel HandlerMaybe, generations ago, young people rebelled out of some clear motive, but now, we know we're rebelling. Between teen movies and sex-ed textbooks we're so ready for our rebellious phase we can't help but feel it's safe, contained. It will turn out all right, despite the risk, snug in the shell of rebellion narrative. Rebellion narrative, does that make sense? It was appropriate to do, so we did it.
Daniel Handler