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Deciding whether or not to trust a person is like deciding whether or not to climb a tree because you might get a wonderful view from the highest branch or you might simply get covered in sap and for this reason many people choose to spend their time alone and indoors where it is harder to get a splinter.
From The Penultimate Peril
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To hear the phrase "our only hope" always makes one anxious, because it means that if the only hope doesn't work, there is nothing left.
From The Blank Book
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Topic: Hope
If you are a student you should always get a good nights sleep unless you have come to the good part of your book, and then you should stay up all night and let your schoolwork fall by the wayside, a phrase which means 'flunk'.
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Topic: Funny
Those unable to catalog the past are doomed to repeat it.
From The End
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Topic: Funny
If you have ever lost someone very important to you, then you already know how it feels; and if you haven’t, you cannot possibly imagine it.
From The Bad Beginning
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Topic: Death
If writers wrote as carelessly as some people talk, then adhasdh asdglaseuyt[bn[ pasdlgkhasdfasdf.
From Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
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Topic: Funny
Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby- awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.
From Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
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Topic: Funny
Just about everything in this world is easier said than done, with the exception of "systematically assisting Sisyphus's stealthy, cyst-susceptible sister," which is easier done than said.
From The Hostile Hospital
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Topic: Funny
All cannot be lost when there is still so much being found
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Topic: Hope
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.
From The Grim Grotto
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Topic: Life
Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.
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Topic: Funny
In any case, this is how all our stories begin, in darkness with our eyes closed, and all our stories end the same way, too, with all of us uttering some last words—or perhaps someone else’s—before slipping back into darkness as our series of unfortunate events comes to an end.
From The End
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Topic: Death
Deciding whether or not to trust a person is like deciding whether or not to climb a tree because you might get a wonderful view from the highest branch or you might simply get covered in sap and for this reason many people choose to spend their time alone and indoors where it is harder to get a splinter.
From The Penultimate Peril
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To hear the phrase "our only hope" always makes one anxious, because it means that if the only hope doesn't work, there is nothing left.
From The Blank Book
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Topic: Hope
If you are a student you should always get a good nights sleep unless you have come to the good part of your book, and then you should stay up all night and let your schoolwork fall by the wayside, a phrase which means 'flunk'.
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Topic: Funny
Those unable to catalog the past are doomed to repeat it.
From The End
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Topic: Funny
If you have ever lost someone very important to you, then you already know how it feels; and if you haven’t, you cannot possibly imagine it.
From The Bad Beginning
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Topic: Death
If writers wrote as carelessly as some people talk, then adhasdh asdglaseuyt[bn[ pasdlgkhasdfasdf.
From Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
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Topic: Funny
Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby- awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.
From Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
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Topic: Funny
Just about everything in this world is easier said than done, with the exception of "systematically assisting Sisyphus's stealthy, cyst-susceptible sister," which is easier done than said.
From The Hostile Hospital
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Topic: Funny
All cannot be lost when there is still so much being found
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Topic: Hope
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.
From The Grim Grotto
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Topic: Life
Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.
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Topic: Funny
In any case, this is how all our stories begin, in darkness with our eyes closed, and all our stories end the same way, too, with all of us uttering some last words—or perhaps someone else’s—before slipping back into darkness as our series of unfortunate events comes to an end.
From The End
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Topic: Death
Deciding whether or not to trust a person is like deciding whether or not to climb a tree because you might get a wonderful view from the highest branch or you might simply get covered in sap and for this reason many people choose to spend their time alone and indoors where it is harder to get a splinter.
From The Penultimate Peril
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To hear the phrase "our only hope" always makes one anxious, because it means that if the only hope doesn't work, there is nothing left.
From The Blank Book
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Topic: Hope
If you are a student you should always get a good nights sleep unless you have come to the good part of your book, and then you should stay up all night and let your schoolwork fall by the wayside, a phrase which means 'flunk'.
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Topic: Funny
Those unable to catalog the past are doomed to repeat it.
From The End
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Topic: Funny
If you have ever lost someone very important to you, then you already know how it feels; and if you haven’t, you cannot possibly imagine it.
From The Bad Beginning
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Topic: Death
If writers wrote as carelessly as some people talk, then adhasdh asdglaseuyt[bn[ pasdlgkhasdfasdf.
From Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
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Topic: Funny
Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby- awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.
From Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
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Topic: Funny
Just about everything in this world is easier said than done, with the exception of "systematically assisting Sisyphus's stealthy, cyst-susceptible sister," which is easier done than said.
From The Hostile Hospital
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Topic: Funny
All cannot be lost when there is still so much being found
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Topic: Hope
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.
From The Grim Grotto
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Topic: Life
Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.
NOT YET RATING
Topic: Funny
In any case, this is how all our stories begin, in darkness with our eyes closed, and all our stories end the same way, too, with all of us uttering some last words—or perhaps someone else’s—before slipping back into darkness as our series of unfortunate events comes to an end.
From The End
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Topic: Death
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