So every so often, when I meet someone who's honestly appalled by my books and doesn't understand why they would be attractive to people... I find such people sort of charming, even though they usually don't like me.

There are some who go through life with a shadow hanging over them, particularly if they live in a building which has long wide awnings.

So she loved him. She just did immediately and again often and clearly naturally and soundly and obviously and many others.

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.

For Beatrice, our love broke my heart, and stopped yours.

Get out of my way, you cakesniffers!” said a rude, violent, and filthy little girl, shoving the Baudelaire orphans aside as she dashed by.

Nobody wants to fall into a safety net, because it means the structure in which they've been living is in a state of collapse and they have no choice but to tumble downwards. However, it beats the alternative.