Dedications
These dedications are made to the first Beatrice Baudelaire (the mother of the Baudelaire orphans) by Lemony Snicket in each book in A Series of Unfortunate Events.
| Book | Quotation |
|---|---|
| The Bad Beginning | To Beatrice -
darling, dearest, dead. |
| The Reptile Room | For Beatrice -
My love for you shall live forever. You, however, did not. |
| The Wide Window | For Beatrice –
I would much prefer it if you were alive and well. |
| The Miserable Mill | To Beatrice –
My love flew like a butterfly Until death swooped down like a bat As the poet Emma Montana McElroy said: "That's the end of that." |
| The Austere Academy | For Beatrice –
You will always be in my heart, In my mind, And in your grave. |
| The Ersatz Elevator | For Beatrice –
When we met my life began, Soon afterward, yours ended. |
| The Vile Village | For Beatrice –
When we were together I felt breathless. Now you are. |
| The Hostile Hospital | For Beatrice –
Summer without you is as cold as winter. Winter without you is even colder. |
| The Carnivorous Carnival | For Beatrice –
Our love broke my heart, and stopped yours. |
| The Slippery Slope | For Beatrice –
When we first met, you were pretty, and I was lonely. Now I am pretty lonely. |
| The Grim Grotto | For Beatrice –
Dead women tell no tales. Sad men write them down. |
| The Penultimate Peril | For Beatrice -
No one could extinguish my love, or your house. |
| The End | For Beatrice -
I cherished, you perished. The world's been nightmarished |
| Chapter Fourteen | For Beatrice -
We are like boats passing in the night - particularly you. |
| The Beatrice Letters | To Beatrice,
and From Her |
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