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“You might be offered oatcakes as well as bread (especially in the north). If these do not tempt you, consider eating "horse-bread." This is made from a sort of flour of ground peas, bran, and beans–if contemporaries look at you strangely, it is because it is not meant for human consumption.”
― Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

“While the traditional image of knights in armour is accurate and widely accepted, the equally representative image of knights wearing corsets and suspender belts is perhaps less well known.”
― Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

“For some stories, it's easy. The moral of 'The Three Bears,' for instance, is "Never break into someone else's house.' The moral of 'Snow White' is 'Never eat apples.' The moral of World War I is 'Never assassinate Archduke Ferdinand.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Wide Window

“The burning of a book is a sad, sad sight, for even though a book is nothing but ink and paper, it feels as if the ideas contained in the book are disappearing as the pages turn to ashes and the cover and binding--which is the term for the stitching and glue that holds the pages together--blacken and curl as the flames do their wicked work. When someone is burning a book, they are showing utter contempt for all of the thinking that produced its ideas, all of the labor that went into its words and sentences, and all of the trouble that befell the author . . .”
― Lemony Snicket, The Penultimate Peril

“Today was a very cold and bitter day, as cold and bitter as a cup of hot chocolate, if the cup of hot chocolate had vinegar added to it and were placed in a refrigerator for several hours.”
― Lemony Snicket

“Every time you enter a library you might say to yourself, "The world is quiet here," as a sort of pledge proclaiming reading to be the greater good.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Slippery Slope

“There are almost as many kinds of libraries as there are kinds of readers.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Carnivorous Carnival

“Nowhere in the world is safe," Count Olaf said.
Not with you around," Violet agreed.
I'm no worse than anyone else," Count Olaf said.”
― Lemony Snicket, The End

“When trouble strikes, head to the library. You will either be able to solve the problem, or simply have something to read as the world crashes down around you.”
― Lemony Snicket

“The expression 'Those who can't do, teach' is a curious one, because if you look at the world , you'll see that teachers aren't particularly worse at doing things than anyone else, so perhaps the expression might be better worded as 'nobody can do anything”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

“It doesn't take courage to kill someone,' Klaus said. 'It takes a severe lack of moral stamina.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Hostile Hospital

“Anyone who thinks the pen is mightier than the sword has not been stabbed with both.”
― Lemony Snicket, When Did You See Her Last?

“Kate had never in her life seen such frightful deformities, and the goblins had never seen such a hideous dress.”
― Clare B. Dunkle, The Hollow Kingdom

“My behavior is nonetheless, deplorable. Unfortunately, I'm quite prone to such bouts of deplorability--take for instance, my fondness for reading books at the dinner table.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“I've always been very confident in my immaturity.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“Though, if you think about it, hostile, dethroned pseudodeities probably make disagreeable neighbors. You'll have to figure out something to do with him.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“If only Sam could have stayed just like the Dog, she thought. A comforting friend without the complication of romantic interest.There had to be something she could do to completely discourage him, short of throwing up, or making herself totally unattractive.
"I'm thirty-five," she said at last.”
― Garth Nix, Lirael

“Fine!" muttered Mogget. "Wet, cold, and full of holes. Another fun day on the river.”
― Garth Nix, Lirael

“In the afternoon, the king and queen sat to hear the business of their kingdom. At least, the queen sat to hear the business; Costis was still not sure what the king was doing.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, The King of Attolia

“You are attempting to be logical, I suspect, and logic has little to do with government, and nothing at all to do with military administration. ”
― Robin McKinley, The Blue Sword

“He didn't look insane or inhuman. He did look uncooperative.”
― Robin McKinley, The Blue Sword

“That was the message. For me, alone among mortals, the gods send their messenger to tell me to stop whining. That’ll teach me to go hide in a temple.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, The Queen of Attolia

“He laughed, tried to make it into a cough, inhaled at exactly the wrong moment, and then really did cough.”
― Robin McKinley, The Hero and The Crown

“All I did was ask you for a role-playing game. You never warned me I’d be pitched into it for real! And I asked you for hobbits on a grail quest, and not one hobbit have I seen!”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Hexwood

“Sophos turned red, and I wondered about the circulation of his blood; maybe his body kept an extra supply of it in his head, ready for blushing.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, The Thief

“For future reference: do not underestimate the seductive power of math.”
― Rachel Hartman, Seraphina

“He didn’t wear his heart on his sleeve, exactly, but he did keep it in a place where I could see it.”
― Rachel Hartman, Seraphina

“Orma had given me a timepiece that emitted blasphemy-inducing chirps at whatever early hour I specified.”
― Rachel Hartman, Seraphina

“Great! He has indigestion, so let's torture him with cake.”
― Kristin Cashore, Fire