“For Beatrice, when we first met, I was lonely, and you were pretty.Now I am pretty lonely.”

“For Beatrice-When we were together I felt breathless.Now you are.”

“For Beatrice, when we met, my life began. Soon afterwards, yours ended.”

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

“Beatrice”

“For Beatrice--My love for you shall live forever. You, however, did not.”

“In the time since the Baudelaire parents' death, most of the Baudelaire orphans' friends had fallen by the wayside, an expression wich here means "they stopped calling, writing, and stopping by to see any of the Baudelaires, making them lonely". You and I, of course, would never do this to any of our grieving acquaintances, but it is a sad truth that when someone has lost a loved one, friends sometimes avoid the person, just when the presence of friends is most needed.”