Daniel Handler Want Quotations

Complimenting someone in an exaggerated way is known as flattery, and flattery will generally get you anything you want...

I never want to be away from you again, except at work, in the restroom or when one of us is at a movie the other does not want to see.

She gave me a hug and for a second I was embraced by a body that makes me want to go home and never eat again.

Everybody will die, but very few people want to be reminded of that fact.

I want to love you and take you pretty places. Yes, I have things wrong, but also I can walk through walls if you'll let me show you.

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

There are some secrets you want to keep to yourself, even if they don't matter. They might only matter if you keep them secret.

Nobody wants to hear that you will try your best. It is the wrong thing to say. It is like saying 'I probably won't hit you with a shovel.' Suddenly everyone is afraid you will do the opposite.

I know you can't see it, not you, Ed, but maybe if I tell you the whole plot you'll understand it this once, because even now I want you to see it. I don't love you anymore, of course I don't, but there's still something I can show you. You know I want to be a director, but you never truly see the movies in my head and that, Ed, is why we broke up.

You know I want to be a director, but you could never truly see the movies in my head and that, Ed, is why we broke up.

If he’s not gay and he hung out with you the whole time, he wanted to be. It’s boyfriend or want to be boyfriend or I guess gay. Those are the choices.

When you say, "History is written by the winners," you like to think about someone who isn't you. You want to think, "Oh, that's the juggernaut I'm standing against." But you're probably part of it.

Everyone tells you it's all right to cry, but not enough people say it's all right if you don't want people to know.