Deborah Ingram

“[Zombies] don't bother much as long as you can stay out from between their teeth.”
― Alden Bell "The Reapers Are The Angels"

“Frustration is an interesting emotional state, because it tends to bring out the worst in whoever is frustrated.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Wide Window

“Always blow your own trumpet, blowing someone else’s is unhygienic”
― Benny Bellamacina

“Optimist" is a word which here refers to a person, such as Phil, who thinks hopeful and pleasant thoughts about nearly everything. For instance, if an optimist had his left arm chewed off by an alligator, he might say, in a pleasant and hopeful voice, "Well, this isn't too bad. I don't have my left arm anymore, but at least nobody will ever ask me whether I am right-handed or left-handed," but most of us would say something more along the lines of "Aaaaah! My arm! My arm!”
― Lemony Snicket, The Miserable Mill