For some stories, it's easy. The moral of 'The Three Bears,' for instance, is "Never break into someone else's house.' The moral of 'Snow White' is 'Never eat apples.' The moral of World War I is 'Never assassinate Archduke Ferdinand.

A mystery is solved with a story.

and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.

...there's nothing wrong with occasionally staring out the window and thinking nonsense, as long as the nonsense is yours.

The book was long, and difficult to read, and Klaus became more and more tired as the night wore on. Occasionally his eyes would close. He found himself reading the same sentence over and over. He found himself reading the same sentence over and over. He found himself reading the same sentence over and over.

It is one of the peculiar truths of life that people often say things that they know full well are ridiculous.

Or why you are wearing a picture of Santa Clause on you shirts, but-” “It’s Herman Melville.