Klaus sighed, and opened a book, and as at so many other times when the middle Baudelaire child did not want to think about his circumstances, he began to read.

This is my knife. It is very sharp and very eager to hurt you.

This is an absurd moral, for you and I both know that sometimes not only is it good to lie, it is necessary to lie.

Count Olaf sounds like an awful person. I hope he is torn apart by wild animals someday. Wouldn't that be satisfying?

How did you do that?” Mr. Poe asked. “Nice girls shouldn’t know how to do such things.”“My sister is a nice girl, ” Klaus said, “and she knows how to do all sorts of things.

Take God at His Word – because winning the battle doesn't requirephysical brawn, but spiritual brains!

She placed her hand on her chest and thought, 'So this is what the poets write about'.

We might not be equal in what we know but we are surely equal, in what we do not know.

Some people will totally get restless, since you can make demos pretty easy. It's not unreasonable for someone to say, "All right, can you just record this and go home and work on it?"

Don't let obstacles along the road to eternity shake your confidence in God's promise. The Holy Spirit is God's seal that you will arrive.

The art of science is as important as so-called technical science. You need both. It's this combination that must be recognized and acknowledged and valued.

I could explain a hundred fold more than I ever have of the glories of the kingdoms manifested to me in the vision, were I permitted, and were the people prepared to receive them.

I see a word that hates evil more than it loves good.

Music is the voice of God traveling through ten-dimensional hyperspace.

Yes," I say. "Three of these flying birds." I touch my collarbone, marking the path of their flight - toward my heart. One for each member of the family I left behind.