And then of course the music sprang up, lousy rock as bold and dull as a giant potato. "Love this song," Todd said, like it was unusually brave to like what was number one on the radio.

the mind has a thousand eyes, and the heart has one:yet the light of a whole life dies when love is done.

Everyone should be able to do one card trick, tell two jokes, and recite three poems, in case they are ever trapped in an elevator.

Like a lot of people whose children were small in the 2000s, I read [Daniel Handler] books out loud and I loved them.

I love meeting people who have absolutely no sense of irony. It's really fascinating to imagine what it would be like to go through life without understanding even the most basic of ironies.

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

There are many things in life that become different if you take a long look at them.