The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #2)

by Lemony Snicket

“Dr. Montgomery is—let me see—your late father’s cousin’s wife’s brother.

to never, under any circumstances, let the Virginian Wolfsnake near a typewriter.

“If only Uncle Monty knew what we know,” Violet said, “and Stephano knew that he knew what we know. But Uncle Monty doesn’t know what we know, and Stephano knows that he doesn’t know what we know.” “I know,” Klaus said. “I know you know,” Violet said, “but what we don’t know is what Count Olaf—I mean Stephano—is really up to. He’s after our fortune, certainly, but how can he get it if we’re under Uncle Monty’s care?”

“Brummagem”

It is very unnerving to be proven wrong, particularly when you are really right and the person who is really wrong is the one who is proving you wrong and proving himself, wrongly, right. Right?