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

—  Daniel Handler, book The Wide Window

The Wide Window (2000)

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

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