1
I stood in the corridor feeling like an angry pebble. It didn't matter where I rolled off to. The mystery and treachery of the world continued, and a pebble like me could get angry over anything it liked and it wouldn't do any good. Librarians not reading, I thought to myself. Sometimes I don't know why I bother.Lemony Snicket
2
We'll see what you find out, " Stew said. "You'll find out what it feels like to be thrown from a speeding train to the rocky bottom of a drained sea. Except you won't really find out, because you'll be dead. Get it? What I mean is, it'll kill you when I throw you from this train so you'll be in no state to find out what it feels like. Get it? Due to your death by falling from a train.Lemony Snicket
3
The world is full of disappointment, " I said." Yes, " she said, "I heard him say that. And every creature is simply trying to get what it wants, and to make their way through a difficult world. Do you believe that?"" No, " I said. "There's more than that."" Like what?"" Like good books, " I said, "and good people. And good librarians, who are almost both at once.Lemony Snicket
4
Ellington Feint was a line in my mind running right down the middle of my life, separating the formal training of my childhood and the territory of the rest of my days. She was an axis, and at that moment and for many moments afterward, my entire world revolved around her.Lemony Snicket
5
It doesn't matter if you never see someone again, I told myself. There are millions of people in the world, and most of them never see each other in the first place. You hoped to know Ellington Feinr forever, but there's no such thing as forever, really. Everything is much shorter than that.Lemony Snicket
6
It doesn't matter if you never see someone again, I told myself. There are millions of people in the world, and most of them never see each other in the first place.Lemony Snicket
7
There is no point in delaying crying. Sadness is like having a vicious alligator around. You can ignore it for only so long before it begins devouring things and you have to pay attention.Lemony Snicket
8
Moxie gave me a small smile. "Why do you always say that- which here means?"" I'll probably outgrow it, " I said.Lemony Snicket