Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them - Lemony Snicket, Horseradish

"It is always sad when someone leaves home, unless they are simply going around the corner and will return in a few minutes with ice-cream sandwiches."

"If an optimist had his left arm chewed off by an alligator, he might say in a pleasant and hopeful voice, "Well this isn't too bad, I don't have a left arm anymore but at least nobody will ever ask me if I'm left-handed or right-handed,"but most of us would say something more along the lines of, "Aaaaaa! My arm! My arm!"

"Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them."

"Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby- awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess."

"There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself."