Chestnuts in stuffing tastes like someone chewed up a tree branch and then French-kissed it into your mouth.

One can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways.

There is no worse sound in the world than someone who cannot play the violin but insists on doing so anyway.

Every problem has a solution. Sometimes it just takes a long time to find the solution - even if it's right in front of your nose.

The right hand doesn’t know what the left is doing” is a phrase that refers to times when people ought to know, but don’t know, about something that is happening very close to them. For instance, you ought to know about the man who watches you when you sleep.

Who are you?" Violet asked. It is confusing to fall asleep in the daytime and wake up at night. "what are you doing with Uncle Monty's reptiles?" Klaus asked. It is also confusing to realize you have been sleeping on stairs, rather than in a bed or sleeping bag. "Dixnik?" Sunny asked. It is always confusing why anyone would choose to wear a plaid shirt.

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