Back in the late '90s, a writer named Daniel Handler decided that kids books were too cheerful. I mean, all the "Harry Potter" series did was occasionally kill off major characters. Thus was born "A Series Of Unfortunate Events" and its mysterious author, Lemony Snicket. "A Series Of Unfortunate Events" is now a great new series on Netflix.

Making you happy isn't making me happy.

You can't believe everything you read.

We need things, and the opposite of them, and we are so rarely completely comfortable.

When do you learn that the world, like any diner worth its salt, is open twenty-four hours a day?

If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives.

If you try to avoid every instance of peer pressure you will end up without any peers whatsoever, and the trick is to succumb to enough pressure that you do not drive your peers away, but not so much that you end up in a situation in which you are dead or otherwise uncomfortable. This is a difficult trick, and most people never master it, and end up dead or uncomfortable at least once during their lives.