Boredom is not black licorice, Snicket, " she said. "There's no reason to share it with me.

He looked like the sort of person who would tell you that he did not have an umbrella to lend you when he actually had several and simply wanted to see you get soaked.

With a library it is easier to hope for serendipity than to look for a precise answer.

I don't know why wicked places generally look wicked. You'd think they'd look nice, to fool people, but they hardly ever do.

I'm not a stranger, " I said, and pointed to his book. "I'm someone who reads the same authors you do.

Of course you can trust me, " Jake Hix said. "We read the same books.

Being curious is the most important part of being a journalist. It might be the most important part of being anything.

The textbook in question in the infamous Scope's Monkey Trial was partially written by the Harvard educated white supremacist, Charles B. Davenport.

I once worked as a salesman and was very independent. I took orders from no one.

It is possible that we can get so busy doing work 'for' the Lord that we have no time FOR the Lord.

It hasn't been hard getting nominated, but winning it is another thing. The competition is tough.

Is it treason to say the truth? A bitter truth, but no less true for that.

I'll do what little I can in writing. Only it will be very little. I'm not capable of it; and if I were, you would not go near it at all. For if you did, you would hardly bear to live

Every unmarried man is looking for a wife. They just don't always know it.

You've got to remember that it's a two horse race. So when the Government is doing badly the Opposition is doing better and vice versa.

There is nothing proper about what you are doing, soldier, but do try to kill me properly.

A theory with mathematical beauty is more likely to be correct than an ugly one that fits some experimental data.