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

by Lemony Snicket

so her brain was often filled with images of pulleys, levers, and gears,

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.

The particular knot she was using was called the Devil’s Tongue. A group of female Finnish pirates invented it back in the fifteenth century,

They didn’t understand it, but like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don’t understand it doesn’t mean it isn’t so.