I first told the idea to an editor I had met who, after reading one of my novels for adults that was set in a high school, had an idea that I might write something for children.

and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.

Grief, a type of sadness that most often occurs when you have lost someone you love, is a sneaky thing, because it can disappear for a long time, and then pop back up when you least expect it.

Take it back, Ed. Take it all back.

The last safe place is safe no more.

It is not the diamonds or the birds, the people or the potatoes, it is not any of the nouns. The miracle is the adverbs, the way things are done. It is the way love gets done despite every catastrophe.

Sometimes even in most unfortunate of lives there will occur a moment or two of good.