She gave me a hug and for a second I was embraced by a body that makes me want to go home and never eat again.

Sometimes even in most unfortunate of lives there will occur a moment or two of good.

It is very frustrating not to be understood in this world. If you say one thing and keep being told that you mean something else, it can make you want to scream. But somewhere in the world there is a place for all of us, whether you are an electric form of decoration, peppermint-scented sweet, a source of timber, or a potato pancake.

People don't always get what they deserve in this world.

I like to think that I get better and better as a writer, but it seems pretty easy to me to slip on disguises of various people.

and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.

Never mind what my name is,” the man said. “No one can pronounce it anyway. Just call me Sir.