Dumping you times infinity. Still not enough.

The difference between a house and a home is like the difference between a man and a woman-- it might be embarrassing to explain, but it would be very unusual to get them confused.

Wherever it's good, whatever strange, faraway land, let's go there, let's stay in that place alone.

the table of elements does not contain one of the most powerful elements that make up our world, and that is the element of surprise.

The last safe place is safe no more.

Sometimes when someone tells a ridiculous lie, it is best to ignore it entirely.

I'm always loath to make generalizations about what is for children and what isn't. Certainly children's literature as a genre has some restrictions, so certain things will never pop up in a Snicket book. But I didn't know anything about writing for children when I started - this is the theme of naïveté creeping up on us once more - and I sort of still don't, and I'm happy that adults are reading them as well as children.