My general writing preface is to write an outline and then ignore about half of it, both on a micro level with the individual book, and on a macro level with the series as a whole, and that's pretty much what's happened.

All the secrets of the world are contained in books. Read at your own risk.

Count Olaf certainly does sound evil. Imagine forcing children to stand near a stove!

It is likely I will die next to a pile of things I was meaning to read.

Love can smack you like a seagull, and pour all over your feet like junk mail.

Besides getting several paper cuts in the same day or receiving the news that someone in your family has betrayed you to your enemies, one of the most unpleasant experiences in life is a job interview.

Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.