[Sentence Starters] A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
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β I'm afraid I must inform you of an extremely unfortunate event. β
β If you have ever lost someone very important to you, then you already know how it feels. If you haven't, you cannot possibly imagine it. β
β Every family has its secrets, doors left unopened. β
β It's not too late to see a film about a happy little elf. β
β Your left side is the good one. β
β I'm sorry, I don't speak 'monkey'. β
β I must say, you're a gloomy looking bunch. Why so glum? β
β Do you work out? You look good. Healthy, I mean. β
β Can't you stay for a brief imbibement? A glass of port? Sanka? β
β I trust you've had your tetanus shots. Polio, smallpox, typhoid, malaria. β
β I don't know if you've ever noticed this, but first impressions are often entirely wrong. βΒ
β 'Pasta puttanesca'. That's Italian for 'very few ingredients', you know. β
β That's not a pot... It's a spittoon. β
β Do you think anything will ever feel like home again? β
β I've been contemplating our situation and I realize that I've been a bit standoffish, shall we say? β
β There's always something. β
β Bite the head off that elf. β
β I don't mean to rush you. β
β Can't we discuss this like reasonable men? β
β I'm going to get you. No matter where you go, no matter what you do, I'll find you. β
β You are so deceased. βΒ
β Do you remember me? I don't suppose so, you were just a little baby at the time. β
β What a firm grip! Like a Burmese python! β
β You look so much like your dear mother. β
β Oh, did I mention we're going to Peru? β
β We may have one or two things here that aren't in books. β
β Do you know snakes are more afraid of you than you are of them? β
β I may know better than anyone what you're going through. β
β We'll be among people who understand us. People who are like us. β
β Alas, my mission is not to weave happy endings where they do not occur. β
β Well, I am a fan, if I may gush. β
β I've been bitten forty three... seven hundred times. Mostly on the face. β
β There is no good moment, of course, for a notorious villain to arrive. β
β Everything happens for a reason. β
β Children are strange and foreign to me. I never really was one. I know that they are an important part of, the, uh, ecosystem. β
β You have a wonderful gift for storytelling! βΒ
β It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. β
β I do feel somewhat responsible for this tragedy. β
β You know what I'm thinking? I'm thinking, 'who woke me up at nine in the morning for this?' β
β I'm sorry, it's so chilly in here. Sometimes it gets so cold I can hardly stand it! β
β Grammar is the greatest joy in life, don't you find? β
β I never cook anything hot. I'm afraid that the stove will burst into flames. β
β Come away from the fridge, if it falls it will crush you flat. β
β Would you like to see some pictures? β
β I don't like the way I look in that picture. β
β He was eaten by leeches. β
β Oh, God I hate it here. β
β I'm terrified of realtors. β
β We gotta get her out of the house. β
β The black plague! Is it the black plague?! β
β Why, without your good grammar, the whole darn shootin' match could go arse over tea kettle. β
β He's just a boy barely out of his OshKosh B'Gosh. β
β Why didn't I wait an hour before swimming? Why? Why? Why?! β
β I'm as lonely as a gull on a rock. β
β Would... you come to my house for dinner this evening? β
β You better tie your hair up. β
β Ever read any books on sailing? Β β
β It is one thing to do something in theory, another to do it in practice. β
β There are good people and bad people in the world. The ones who start the fires and the ones put them out. β
β We're sinking, sinking, sinking! Doomed, doomed! β
β I'll go away. I'll dye my hair, I'll change my name. β
β I suppose I don't have to kill you. β
β Well. We've done all we can do. β
β You will not devour this boy's head today! β
β You have proven yourself to be an exceptionally capable guardian. β
β Don't try to get on my good side. β
β Hey, marriage is no picnic. You gotta work at it. β
β You should know by now that you can't have everything you want. β
β You're going to help me get what I want... tonight. β
β These things don't just happen. β
β No one ever listens to children. β
β What do you think? Too diabolical? Give me some feedback! β
β If you do anything to me, you're just sinking to my level. β
β ____ was captured for crimes too numerous to mention. β
β Before we leave, perhaps there's time for... one last stop. β
β At times, the world can seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe us when we say there is much more good in it than bad. β










