The last safe place is safe no more.

Like a lot of people whose children were small in the 2000s, I read [Daniel Handler] books out loud and I loved them.

It is a lonely feeling when someone you care about becomes a stranger.

Wherever it's good, whatever strange, faraway land, let's go there, let's stay in that place alone.

Is it OK not to be a virgin, yes. Most people aren’t virgins, Min. That’s why there’s people to begin with.

This knowledge sits in my heart, heavy as a paperweight.

I think we'll always miss our parents. But I think we can miss them without being miserable all the time. After all, they wouldn't want us to be miserable.