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.

Love is candy from a stranger, but it's candy you've had before and it probably won't kill you.

There is no way of knowing for sure whether or not you can trust someone, for the simple reason that circumstances change all of the time.

With a library it is easier to hope for serendipity than to look for a precise answer.

When someone is crying, of course, the noble thing to do is to comfort them. But if someone is trying to hide their tears, it may also be noble to pretend you do not notice them.

Every problem has a solution. Sometimes it just takes a long time to find the solution - even if it's right in front of your nose.

Bad circumstances have a way of ruining things that would otherwise be pleasant.