Lemony Snicket, The End

"I am heartbroken, but I have been heartbroken before, and this might be the best for which I can hope."

"It is almost as if happiness is an acquired taste, like coconut cordial or ceviche, to which you can eventually become accustomed, but despair is something surprising each time you encounter it."

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