There are two kinds of fears: rational and irrational- or in simpler terms, fears that make sense and fears that don’t.
The key to good eavesdropping is not getting caught.
To hear the phrase “our only hope” always makes one anxious, because it means that if the only hope doesn’t work, there is nothing left.
It is useless for me to describe to you how terrible Violet, Klaus, and even Sunny felt in the time that followed. If you have ever lost someone very important to you, then you already know how it feels, and if you haven’t, you cannot possibly imagine it.
Sometimes, just saying that you hate something, and having someone agree with you, can make you feel better about a terrible situation.
They’re book addicts.
Most schools have a loud system of loud bells, which startle the students and teachers at regular intervals and remind them that time is passing even more slowly than it seems.
Oftentimes. when people are miserable, they will want to make other people miserable, too. But it never helps.
People don’t always get what they deserve in this world.
There is no worse sound in the world than someone who cannot play the violin but insists on doing so anyway.
One of the world’s most popular entertainments is a deck of cards, which contains thirteen each of four suits, highlighted by kings, queens and jacks, who are possibly the queen’s younger, more attractive boyfriends.
One of the remarkable things about love is that, despite very irritating people writing poems and songs about how pleasant it is, it really is quite pleasant.
Siblings that say they never fight are most definitely hiding something.
If you have ever lost a loved one, then you know exactly how it feels. And if you have not, then you cannot possibly imagine it.
Instead of the word ‘love’ there was an enormous heart, a symbol sometimes used by people who have trouble figuring out the difference between words and shapes.
Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course.
Even though there are no ways of knowing for sure, there are ways of knowing for pretty sure.
Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been carried on for hundreds of years, but that doesn’t mean we should all attack ships and steal their gold.
There are many, many types of books in the world, which makes good sense, because there are many, many types of people, and everybody wants to read something different.
Today was a very cold and bitter day, as cold and bitter as a cup of hot chocolate, if the cup of hot chocolate had vinegar added to it and were placed in a refrigerator for several hours.