Waiting is one of life's hardships. It is hard enough to wait for chocolate cream pie while burnt roast beef is still on your plate. It is plenty difficult to wait for Halloween when the tedious month of September is still ahead of you. But to wait for one's adopted uncle to come home while a greedy and violent man is upstairs was one of the worst waits the Baudelaires had ever experienced.

I liked, I admit, that we didn’t pretend there hadn’t been other girls. There was always a girl on you in the halls at school, like they came free with a backpack.

Those unable to catalog the past are doomed to repeat it.

I like to give people novels I think they would like, on no particular occasion - just when we're in a bookstore together. I like to receive reference books on my birthday.

...there's not enough ink and paper to say all I wanted.

Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.

Tears are curious things, for like earthquakes or puppet shows, they can occur at any time, without any warning and without any good reason.