I decided that it might be interesting to have terrible things happen to orphans over and over again.

I go to bed early and rise late and feel as if I have hardly slept, probably because I have been reading almost the entire time.

There are those who say that life is like a book, with chapters for each event in your life and a limited number of pages on which you can spend your time. But I prefer to think that a book is like a life, particularly a good one, which is well to worth staying up all night to finish.

What do your parents know, about surviving?

How did you do that?” Mr. Poe asked. “Nice girls shouldn’t know how to do such things.” “My sister is a nice girl,” Klaus said, “and she knows how to do all sorts of things.

One of the world's most popular entertainments is a deck of cards, which contains thirteen each of four suits, highlighted by kings, queens and jacks, who are possibly the queen's younger, more attractive boyfriends.

The trick to following someone without getting caught is to follow somebody who doesn't think they're being followed.