They say in every library there is a single book that can answer the question that burns like a fire in the mind.

Santa Claus has nothing to do with it," the latke said. "Christmas and Hanukah are completely different things." "But different things can often blend together," said the pine tree. "Let me tell you a funny story about pagan rituals.

They're book addicts.

E!" Klaus cried. "E as in Exit!" The Baudelaires ran down E as in Exit, but when they reached the last cabinet, the row was becoming F as in Falling File Cabinets, G as in Go the Other Way! and H as in How in the World Are We Going to Escape?

There are two types of panicking: standing still and not saying a word, and leaping all over the place babbling anything that comes into your head.

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

Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them.