Any playlist without Prince is no friend of mine.

I love no one but you, I have discovered, but you are far away and I am here alone.

What happens in a certain place can stain your feelings for that location, just as ink can stain a white sheet.

Lemony Snicket. Now, I'm told - the books, of course, starting from the very first one, became hugely popular, selling millions and millions. And I understand that when you used to go around to talk to your very young fans, you would appear as Lemony Snicket's representative or agent.

Complimenting someone in an exaggerated way is known as flattery, and flattery will generally get you anything you want.

Tell me what it is, or prepare to eat harpoon.

But we can also ask for something we are much more likely to get, and that is to find a person or two, somewhere in our travels, who will tell us that we are noble enough, whether it is true or not. We can ask for someone who will say, “You are noble enough,” and remind us of our good qualities when we have forgotten them, or cast them into doubt.