I'm not a stranger," I said, and pointed to his book. "I'm someone who reads the same authors you do.
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.
Of course you can trust me," Jake Hix said. "We read the same books.
Boredom is not black licorice, Snicket," she said. "There's no reason to share it with me.
There are people like this wherever you go. They are part of the same mystery as you are, but you can't quite tell how you fit together. The world is a puzzle, and we cannot solve it alone.
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.
