It was darker than a pitch-black panther, covered in tar, eating black licorice at the very bottom of the deepest part of the Black Sea.
Daniel HandlerThere are some who go through life with a shadow hanging over them, particularly if they live in a building which has long wide awnings.
Daniel HandlerSomeone can break your heart, leave you dead on the lawn, and still you never learn what to say to stop it all over again.
Daniel HandlerThere is a kind of crying I hope you have not experienced, and it is not just crying about something terrible that has happened, but a crying for all of the terrible things that have happened, not just to you but to everyone you know and to everyone you donโt know and even the people you donโt want to know, a crying that cannot be diluted by a brave deed or a kind word, but only by someone holding you as your shoulders shake and your tears run down your face.
Daniel Handler