I'm not a stranger," I said, and pointed to his book. "I'm someone who reads the same authors you do.

Miracles can happen, even to those who are small, flammable, and dressed all in black.

Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby - awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.

Boredom is not black licorice, Snicket," she said. "There's no reason to share it with me.

Stretched out in front of me was my time as an adult, and then a skeleton, and then nothing except perhaps a few books on a few shelves.

Never, under any circumstances, let the Virginian wolfsnake near a typewriter.

Desperation is like a spilled drink; even if it's delicious, no one will get near it. Cultivate an aura of glamorous unapproachability.