Ellie

“For Beatrice,
I cherished, you perished,
The world's been nightmarished.”
― Lemony Snicket, The End

“Her grandmother had once told her that one could blame ugliness on one's genes and ignorance on one's education, but there was absolutely no excuse whatsoever for being dull.”
― Ruth Hogan, The Keeper of Lost Things

“Sovereign. Deadly. Perfect.”
― Marisha Pessl, Night Film

“And the rest is rust and stardust.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita