Top 10 Favorite Lemony Snicket Quotes (Books 1-3)

10. There are many, many types of books in the world, which makes good sense, because there are many, many types of people, and everybody wants to read something different.
9. Like most restaurants filled with neon lights and balloons, the Anxious Clown served terrible food.
8. There are few sights sadder than a ruined book.
7. Sometimes, when someone tells a ridiculous lie, it is best to ignore it entirely.
6. Leaving [...] dirty dishes behind [...] is not a good thing to do in general but perfectly acceptable in the face of an emergency.
5. It is very unnerving to be proven wrong, particularly when you are really right and the person who is really wrong is the person who is proving you wrong and proving himself, wrongly, right.
4. A library is normally a very good place to work in the afternoon, but not if its window has been smashed and there is a hurricane approaching.
3. "You needn't be afraid of me, little ones, until we find ourselves in a location where crimes are more difficult to trace."
2. Normally it is not polite to go into someone's room without knocking, but you can make an exception if the person is dead, or pretending to be dead.
1. Just because something is typed -- whether it is typed on a business card or typed in a newspaper or book -- does not mean it is true.

A Series of Unfortunate Events is the children's series that I wish I'd written. It's seriously brilliant.