It is easy to decide on what is wrong to wear to a party, such as deep-sea diving equipment or a pair of large pillows, but deciding what is right is much trickier.

This story is about the Baudelaires. And they are the sort of people who know that there’s always something. Something to invent, something to read, something to bite, and something to do, to make a sanctuary, no matter how small. And for this reason, I am happy to say, the Baudelaires were very fortunate indeed.

Friends can make you feel that the world is smaller and less sneaky than it really is, because you know people who have similar experiences.

If everyone fought fire with fire, the whole world would go up in smoke.

Grinning is something you do when you are entertained in some way, such as reading a good book or watching someone you don't care for spill orange soda all over themselves.

Lately it has become more and more difficult to attend dinner parties without the evening ending in gunfire or tapioca.

There is no way of knowing for sure whether or not you can trust someone, for the simple reason that circumstances change all of the time.