Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby - awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.
Daniel HandlerIt's different," you said. "You've made, Min, everything different for me. Everything's like coffee you made me try, better than I ever - or the places I didn't even know were right on the street, you know? I'm like this thing I saw when I was little, where a kid hears a noise under his bed and there's a ladder there that's never been there before, and he climbs down and, it's for kids I know, but this song starts playing..." Your eyes were traveling in the treey light.
Daniel HandlerI think Iโve always believed that there is one person in the universe who youโre truly meant forโfor whom you are truly meantโand the fact that sometimes there are two or even more people on the earth you can fall in love with really bothers me. It suggests that if you work hard you can be meant for anyone.
Daniel HandlerDaniel Handler's a writer, musician and the author of, among other things, the "Series Of Unfortunate Events" books. He also wrote the TV version of the books that is available now on Netflix. As said, I recommend both media for this story.
Daniel HandlerIt is difficult, when faced with a situation you cannot control, to admit you can do nothing.
Daniel HandlerScolding must be very, very fun, otherwise children would be allowed to do it. It is not because children donโt have what it takes to scold. You need only three things, really. You need time, to think up scolding things to say. You need effort, to put these scolding things in a good order, so that the scolding can be more and more insulting to the person being scolded. And you need chutzpah, which is a word for the sort of show-offy courage it takes to stand in front of someone and give them a good scolding, particularly if they are exhausted and sore and not in the mood to hear it.
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