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“It is a miracle if you can find true friends, and it is a miracle if you have enough food to eat, and it is a miracle if you get to spend your days and evenings doing whatever it is you like to do, and the holiday season - like all the other seasons - is a good time not only to tell stories of miracles, but to think about the miracles in your own life, and to be grateful for them, and that's the end of this particular story.”
Lemony Snicket, The Lump of Coal
“Miracles are like pimples, because once you start looking for them you find more than you ever dreamed you'd see.”
Lemony Snicket, The Lump of Coal
“The holiday season is a time for storytelling, and whether you are hearing the story of a candelabra staying lit for more than a week, or a baby born in a barn without proper medical supervision, these stories often feature miracles. Miracles are like pimples, because once you start looking for them you find more than you ever dreamed you'd see, and this holiday story features any number of miracles, depending on your point of view.”
Lemony Snicket, The Lump of Coal
“All these things are miracles. It is a miracle if you can find true friends, and it is a miracle if you have enough food to eat, and it is a miracle if you get to spend your days and evenings doing whatever it is you like to do.”
Lemony Snicket, The Lump of Coal
“Perhaps I should just bury myself and become a diamond after thousands of years of intense pressure”
Lemony Snicket, The Lump of Coal
“Like many people who dress in black, the lump of coal was interested in becoming an artist.”
Lemony Snicket, The Lump of Coal
“The real Santa Claus is at the mall.”
Lemony Snicket, The Lump of Coal
“All these things are miracles. It is a miracle if you can find true friends, and it is a miracle if you have enough food to eat, and it is miracle if you get to spend your days and evenings doing whatever it is you like to do, and the holiday season -- like all other seasons -- is a good time not only to tell stories of miracles, but to think about the miracles in your own life, and to be grateful for them, and that's the end of this particular story.”
Lemony Snicket, The Lump of Coal