I'm not very good at the accordion. If I played guitar, I wouldn't be on anyone's album. But because I play the accordion and no one else does, I end up doing strange things.

It is not the diamonds or the birds, the people or the potatoes, it is not any of the nouns. The miracle is the adverbs, the way things are done. It is the way love gets done despite every catastrophe.

Sometimes when someone tells a ridiculous lie, it is best to ignore it entirely.

Boredom is not black licorice, Snicket," she said. "There's no reason to share it with me.

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

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

In the secret pocket, she often kept a small pocket dictionary, which she would take out whenever she encountered a word she did not know.