“Why, you're all grown up! The last time I saw you I was trying to throw thumbtacks into your cradle!”

—  Daniel Handler, book The Grim Grotto

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The Grim Grotto (2004)

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American novelist, children's writer, creator of Lemony Sni… 1970

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