I stand entwined in fire on the inextinguishable bonfire of inconceivable love.

I always think it's silly when people talk about works of culture taking risks. Because there's not any risk involved.

How do you do?" said Violet. "How do you do?" said Klaus. "Odo yow!" said Sunny.

Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

Certain people have said that the world is like a calm pond, and that anytime a person does even the smallest thing, it is as if a stone has dropped into the pond, spreading circles of ripples further and further out, until the entire world has been changed by one tiny action.

With the publishing of The Basic Eight, it was often assumed that I was really immature and callow, and with the publishing of Watch Your Mouth, it was assumed that I was oversexualized, and with Lemony Snicket, it's often assumed that I'm erudite and depressed. But all the voices more or less came naturally to me.

He looked like the sort of person who would tell you that he did not have an umbrella to lend you when he actually had several and simply wanted to see you get soaked.