It seemed to me that every adult did something terrible sooner or later. And every child, I thought, sooner or later becomes an adult.

You can invent things like automatic popcorn poppers. You can invent things like steam-powered window washers. But you can’t invent more time.

We are respecting our parents' wishes....They didn't want to shelter us from the world's treacheries. They wanted us to survive them.

Figuratively, they escaped from Cout Olaf and their miserable existence. They did not literally escape, because they were still in his house and vulnerable to Olaf's evil in loco parentis ways.

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

If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats.

Grammar is the greatest joy in life, don't you find?