All the secrets of the world are contained in books. Read at your own risk.
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.
The hallway was lined with numbered doors, odd numbers on one side and even numbers on the other, and large ornamental vases, too large to hold flowers and too small to hold spies.
But it's far too late for us; ring, hair, letters, photographs - all traces of our love will be scattered then, like an anagram.
As I am sure you know, when people say 'It's my pleasure,' they usually mean something along the lines of, 'There's nothing on Earth I would rather do less.' [...]
You would run much slower if you were dragging something behind you, like a knapsack or a sheriff.
Young writers should read books past bedtime and write things down in notebooks when they are supposed to be doing something else.
Anyone who gives you a cinnamon roll fresh out of the oven is a friend for life.
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.
The expression 'Those who can't do, teach' is a curious one, because if you look at the world , you'll see that teachers aren't particularly worse at doing things than anyone else, so perhaps the expression might be better worded as 'nobody can do anything
I love no one but you, I have discovered, but you are far away and I am here alone. Then this is my life and maybe, however unlikely, I'll find my way back there. Or maybe, one day, I'll settle for second best. And on that same day, hell will freeze over, the sun will burn out and the stars will fall from the sky.
It is difficult, when faced with a situation you cannot control, to admit you can do nothing.
There are two good reasons to put your napkin in your lap. One is that food might spill in your lap, and it is better to stain the napkin than your clothing. The other is that it can serve as a perfect hiding place. Practically nobody is nosey enough to take the napkin off a lap to see what is hidden there.
They're book addicts.
A man of my acquaintance once wrote a poem called "The Road Less Traveled", describing a journey he took through the woods along a path most travelers never used. The poet found that the road less traveled was peaceful but quite lonely, and he was probably a bit nervous as he went along, because if anything happened on the road less traveled, the other travelers would be on the road more frequently traveled and so couldn't hear him as he cried for help. Sure enough, that poet is dead.
One wanders through life as if wandering through a field in the dark of night, wearing a blindfold and very heavy shoes, with a poisonous toad waiting patiently beneath a clump of weeds, knowing full well that eventually you will step on him.
If you are trying to fool a farsighted or dimwitted person, a veiled facial disguise might be enough.
Criminals should be punished, not fed pastries.
You know, there's a big world out there filled with desperate orphans who would gladly swim across an ocean of thumbtacks just to be eclipsed by the long shadow that is cast by my accomplishments.
I know what is going on," said Sir. "I am the Boss! Of course I know!
Boredom is not black licorice, Snicket," she said. "There's no reason to share it with me.
When you need a haircut, it looks like you have no one to take care of you.
This is my knife. It is very sharp and very eager to hurt you.
They were almond cookies, although they could have been made of spinach and shoes for all I cared. I ate eleven of them, right in a row. It is rude to take the last cookie.
Various parts of my body told me that in the future they would appreciate it if I slept lying down on a bed instead of sitting at the counter of Black Cat Coffee. I quietly reassured them that this was an unusual situation, and had the machinery make me some bread as a breakfast.
