The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)

by Lemony Snicket

To Beatrice— darling, dearest, dead.

Sometimes, just saying that you hate something, and having someone agree with you, can make you feel better about a terrible situation.

you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.

He found himself reading the same sentence over and over. He found himself reading the same sentence over and over. He found himself reading the same sentence over and over.

when she tied her hair up in a ribbon to keep it out of her eyes, it meant that the gears and levers of her inventing brain were whirring at top speed.

but that is not how the story goes.