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

Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them.

But the law is an odd thing. For instance, one country in Europe has a law that requires all its bakers to sell bread at the exact same price. A certain island has a law that forbids anyone from removing its fruit. And a town not too far from where you live has a law that bars me from coming within five miles of its borders.

Every new promise was like something heavy I had to carry, with no place to put anything down.

Don’t repeat yourself. It’s not only repetitive, it’s redundant, and people have heard it before.

When you say, "History is written by the winners," you like to think about someone who isn't you. You want to think, "Oh, that's the juggernaut I'm standing against." But you're probably part of it.

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