Count Olaf: You're a little old for a girl scout.
Justice Strauss: I'm Justice Strauss.
Count Olaf: I don't know you.
Justice Strauss: I'm your neighbor. I live across the street.

The stove is a bit like a servant. You need to whack it a few times to get it to work.

Count Olaf

Count Olaf: Do you know that this is?
Klaus: It looks like a list.
Count Olaf: Wrong! It looks like a list.

Violet: How do you do?
Count Olaf: Better and better, Baudelaires. Better and better.

I am count Olaf the renowned actor and your new guardian. You're welcome.

Count Olaf

Mr. Poe: Goodnight Baudelaires and remember our home is your home.
Mrs. Poe: Just don't touch anything.

Say goodbye, Baudelaires.

Mr. Poe

Mrs. Poe: You do what?
Klaus: We feel terrible and we miss our parents very much.
Mrs. Poe: That's going to make a wonderful headline.

I have some very bad news for you children. Your parents perished in a terrible fire.

Mr. Poe

Mother: I'm worried about the children.
Father: Me, too. They're in danger, I know it.
Mother: We need to get to them.
Father: We need to get out of here first.
Mother: What's that thing Einstein said?

Klaus: It could be a problem with the gears.
Violet: That would be a problem, I made them myself.

Wait until the readers of the Daily Punctilio hear about this!

Mrs. Poe

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Quotes

Klaus: It could be a problem with the gears.
Violet: That would be a problem, I made them myself.

Mother: I'm worried about the children.
Father: Me, too. They're in danger, I know it.
Mother: We need to get to them.
Father: We need to get out of here first.
Mother: What's that thing Einstein said?