It is true, of course, that there is no way of knowing for sure whether or not you can trust someone, for the simple reason that circumstances change all of the time. You might know someone for several years, for instance, and trust him completely as your friend, but circumstances could change and he could become very hungry, and before you knew it you could be boiling in a soup pot, because there is no way of knowing for sure.

Siblings that say they never fight are most definitely hiding something

Tea should be as bitter as wormwod and as sharp as a two eged sword Kit Snicket (a series of unfortunate events)

The worst surroundings in the world can be tolerated if the people in them are interesting and kind.

The thing with your heart's desire is that your heart doesn't even know what it desires until it turns up.

Chestnuts in stuffing tastes like someone chewed up a tree branch and then French-kissed it into your mouth.

Figuratively, they escaped from Cout Olaf and their miserable existence. They did not literally escape, because they were still in his house and vulnerable to Olaf's evil in loco parentis ways.