Who Could That Be at This Hour? (All the Wrong Questions)

“Everybody does something wrong at one time or another.”

Crying is like the opposite of scolding, because adults are hardly ever allowed to do it.

“The children of this world and the adults of this world are in entirely separate boats and only drift near each other when we need a ride from someone or when someone needs us to wash our hands.”

Moxie walked across the room to a small desk and, with some difficulty, pulled open a drawer stuffed with papers. There is a drawer like this in every house in the world.

It is good to brush your teeth when you are angry, because you brush harder and do a better job.

The food at the Hemlock is too awful to eat, particularly the eggs, which are probably the worst eggs in the entire city, including those on exhibit at the Museum of Bad Breakfast, where visitors can learn just how badly eggs can be prepared.

We did it anyway. Knowing that something is wrong and doing it anyway happens very often in life, and I doubt I will ever know why.

“Don’t get interested in that Ellington person,” Hector said. “She’s a liar and a thief.”

“Sewn into the lining is the map of the city’s waterworks,” he said. “Don’t lose it. It was very difficult to get hold of.”

“You’re worrying everyone, Snicket. Monty’s worried. Haruki’s worried. This plan to choose the worst chaperone so you can secretly—”