To Beatrice- My love flew like a butterfly Until death swooped down like a bat As the poet Emma Montana McElroy said: 'That's the end of that.

Stop saying no offense,” I said, “when you say offensive things. It’s not a free pass.

...there's not enough ink and paper to say all I wanted.

I can't imagine why you would want to take your child to see what the career of a writer is like, because it mostly consists of sitting in a room typing, or going to the library and looking something up. Those are not exciting things to watch.

What do your parents know, about surviving?

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

There is only laughing across the land as the car moves you along, on your way someplace with love in the car.