Interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life. We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, andĬhoose the ones that are most thought-provoking. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a bookĪnd to carry with us the author’s best ideas. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a More via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become Memorable and interesting quotes from great books. ― Lemony Snicket, quote from The Miserable MillīookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, When the book was first brought to me, by a flock of carrier pigeons, I stayed up all night reading it, and I read it still, over and over, and it is as if my darling Beatrice is bringing me bad news every day and every night of my life. However, she chose instead to write a two-hundred-page book, explaining every single detail of the bad news at great length, and instead my sadness has been of impossible depth. If she had simply told me in person, I would have been very sad, of course, but eventually it might have passed. For instance, I once loved a woman, who for various reasons could not marry me. But when bad news is written down, whether in a letter or a newspaper or on your arm in felt tip pen, each time you read it, you feel as if you are receiving the news again and again. When somebody simply tells you bad news, you hear it once, and that’s the end of it.

“It is much, much worse to receive bad news through the written word than by somebody simply telling you, and I’m sure you understand why.

The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket