Who Could That Be at This Hour? Quotes.

1. "They say in every library there is a single book that can answer the question that burns like a fire in the mind."
- Lemony Snicket, Who Could That Be at This Hour?

2. "Don’t repeat yourself. It’s not only repetitive, it’s redundant, and people have heard it before."
- Lemony Snicket, Who Could That Be at This Hour?

3. "There's an easy method for finding someone when you hear them scream. First get a clean sheet of paper and a sharp pencil. Then sketch out nine rows of fourteen squares each. Then throw the piece of paper away and find whoever is screaming so you can help them. It is no time to fiddle with paper."
- Lemony Snicket, Who Could That Be at This Hour?

4. "Knowing that something is wrong and doing it anyway happens very often in life, and I doubt I will ever know why."
- Lemony Snicket, Who Could That Be at This Hour?

5. "You may be right,' she said, a phrase which here meant 'I’m wrong, but I don’t have the courage to say so."
- Lemony Snicket, Who Could That Be at This Hour?

6. "I’m reminded of a book my father used to read me, she said. A bunch of elves and things get into a huge war over a piece of jewelry that everybody wants but nobody can wear."
- Lemony Snicket, Who Could That Be at This Hour?

7. "A mystery is solved with a story."
- Lemony Snicket, Who Could That Be at This Hour?

8. "The children of this world and the adults of this world are in entirely separate boats and only drift near each other when we need a ride from someone or when someone needs us to wash our hands."
- Lemony Snicket, Who Could That Be at This Hour?

9. "So you’re reluctant, I said to myself. Many, many people are reluctant. It’s like having feet. It’s nothing to brag about."
- Lemony Snicket, Who Could That Be at This Hour?

10. "Every new promise was like something heavy I had to carry, with no place to put anything down."
- Lemony Snicket, Who Could That Be at This Hour?