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“America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem.”

“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.”

“And as the Baudelaires told Hector their long story, they began to feel as if the handyman was carrying more than their suitcases. They felt as if he was carrying each word they said, as if each unfortunate event was a burden that Hector was helping them with. The story of their lives was so miserable that I cannot say they felt happy when they were through telling it, but by the time Sunny concluded the whole long story, the Baudelaires felt as if they were carrying much less.”

“There was a storm of pancakes one morning and a downpour of maple syrup that nearly flooded the town.”

“Tell her you love her. Girls need the words.”

“Poor Ulf. He’s always getting picked on or beaten up. And then there’s Percy. He wins every fight. It’s his shoes, Percy tells Ulf. For the right price, say for Ulf’s fancy go-cart, Percy just might sell his worn out tennis shoes to Ulf.”

″‘I love you with all my heart,’ said Cunegonde, ‘but my soul is still full of fright at that which I have seen and experienced.‘”

“It is better to go with the flow or let the flow go?”

“LEONTES My brother, Are you so fond of your young prince as we Do seem to be of ours? POLIXENES If at home, sir, He’s all my exercise, my mirth, my matter,”

“Oftentimes. when people are miserable, they will want to make other people miserable, too. But it never helps.”