Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler)

The woeful saga of the Baudelaire orphans continues as evil Count Olaf discovers their whereabouts at Esmé Squalor's seventy-one bedroom penthouse and concocts a new plan for stealing their family fortune.

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“But the children also knew that they wouldn’t fail each other, as Gerome had failed them, or as Mr. Poe was failing them now, as he dialed the wrong number and was talking to a Vietnamese restaurant instead of the police. Not matter how many misfortunes had befallen them, and no matter how many ersatz things they would encounter in the future, the Beaudaelafie children knew they could rely on each other for the rest of their lives. And this, at least, felt like the one thing in the world that was true.”

definitely one of my favorites so far. Also one of the best so far, imo

Jessie!

“But the children also knew that they wouldn’t fail each other, as Gerome had failed them, or as Mr. Poe was failing them now, as he dialed the wrong number and was talking to a Vietnamese restaurant instead of the police. Not matter how many misfortunes had befallen them, and no matter how many ersatz things they would encounter in the future, the Beaudaelafie children knew they could rely on each other for the rest of their lives. And this, at least, felt like the one thing in the world that was true.”

definitely one of my favorites so far. Also one of the best so far, imo

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