If you can’t build with them, don’t chill with them

[Carmen] knew a worse friend would have made her feel better.

You will know a friendship is not natural when you don't feel relaxed with

Good bye" is a good gift when you wave it at me because I refuse to follow a bad advice you gave. Wave it at me and I will show you the door.

Though he was not as dastardly as Esmé or Count Olaf or the hook-handed man, Jerome was still an ersatz guardian, because a real guardian is supposed to provide a home, with a place to sleep and something to wear, and all Jerome had given them in the end was "Good luck." Jerome reached the end of the block and turned left, and the Baudelaires were once again alone in the world.

Making the hard to decision to throw away a once favorite bra is like deleting an ex-friend that repeatedly let you down.