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

You may be right,' she said, a phrase which here meant 'I’m wrong, but I don’t have the courage to say so.

You'd think that sweet would be a land far, far away from irritating, but as it turns out they're right next door, and always having border disputes.

I guess we’ll be traveling in uncharted waters.” “That’ll be fun,” Phil said.

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

I think pirates, like astronauts, particularly for a boy, are always kind of worth thinking about.

When you start reading nonfiction books about piracy, you realize that it's actually just a history of desperate people.