Erin Morgenstern Quotes - Page 4

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• The funeral is a quiet one, despite the number of mourners present. There are no sobs or flailing handkerchiefs. There is a smattering of color amongst the sea of traditional black. Even the light rain cannot push it down into the realms of despair. It rests instead in a space of thoughtful melancholy.

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  Rain, Thoughtful, Light

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• The sensation reminds him of the first snow of winter, for those first few hours when everything is blanketed in white, soft and quiet.

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  Winter, White, Snow

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• I do not see as well without her. I do not hear as well without her. I do not feel as well without her. I would be better off without a hand or a leg than without my sister.

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  Hands, Legs, Would Be

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• It's helpful for me to get ideas - the physical action of painting. Sometimes it frees up your writer brain. It's nice for me now that the writing has become a serious career that painting can become more like a hobby.

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  Nice, Writing, Careers

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• I suppose there will never be a lack of things to say, of stories to be told and shared.

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  Stories

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• I thought a circus environment would be an interesting venue to explore, where you didn't just have one tent with three rings and a show going on but where you could explore different things in different tents.

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  Interesting, Different, Would Be

  "'The Night Circus' looks to enchant fans of 'Twilight' and 'Harry Potter'". Interview with Christian DuChateau, www.cnn.com. September 19, 2011.

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• And now, I'm a best selling author, a different sort of fairy tale that I still sometimes wonder when I'll wake up from.

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  Different, Wake Up, Fairy Tale

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• I think I get some of my love of adult books that can be fun from Douglas Adams.

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  Fun, Book, Thinking

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• Before you leave, the fortune teller reminds you that the future is never set in stone.

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  Stones, Fortune, Fortune Teller

  Erin Morgenstern (2016). “The Night Circus”, p.376, Random House

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• When you meet someone new who instantly gets you, your sense of humor and your attitudes and your worldview, even if theirs are different - and you get them in return. You both talk and talk and agree and laugh and nod and yes, yes, of course you should get another round of drinks.

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  Attitude, Laughing, Return

  "Magic Moments in Life" By Erin Morgenstern, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 19, 2012.

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• Is magic not enough to live for?

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  Magic, Enough

  Erin Morgenstern (2016). “The Night Circus”, p.385, Random House

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• I’ve missed you,” he whispers softly. The air between them is electric as he leans in, gently brushing his lips against her neck. In the next room, the guests complain about the sudden increase in temperature. Fans are drawn from colorful bags, fluttering like tropical birds.

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  Air, Bird, Fans

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• „I forgive you for stealing my shawl.“ She smiles as he laughs. And then she vanishes. A simple trick of distracting his attention long enough to slip out through the hall, despite the lingering temptation to stay.

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  Simple, Long, Laughing

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• It is destroying me that I cannot ask you to dance.

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  Destroying Me, Destroying, Asks

  Erin Morgenstern (2016). “The Night Circus”, p.232, Random House

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• The Cloud Maze. “ An Excursion in Dimension A Climb Though the Firmament; There Is No Beginning There Is No End Enter Where You Please Leave When You Wish Have No Fear of Falling

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  Fall, Clouds, Wish

  Erin Morgenstern (2016). “The Night Circus”, p.204, Random House

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• Unusual yet beautiful. Provocative while remaining elegant.

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  Beautiful, Provocative, Unusual

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• There is so much that glows in the circus, from flames to lanterns to stars. I have heard the expression “trick of the light” applied to sights within Le Cirque des Reves so frequently that I sometimes suspect the entirety of the circus is itself a complex illusion of illumination” .

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  Stars, Light, Sight

  Erin Morgenstern (2016). “The Night Circus”, p.95, Random House

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• And there are really never endings, happy or otherwise.

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  Never Ending

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• You need to understand your limitations so you can overcome them.

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  Overcoming, Needs, Limitation

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• I have had affairs that lasted decades and others that lasted for hours. I have loved princesses and peasants. And I suppose they loved me, each in their way.

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  Princess, Way, Affair

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• Have you ever thought about it, about simply leaving? Really, truly thought about it with the intent to follow through and not as a dream or a passing fancy?

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  Dream, Leaving, Fancy

  Erin Morgenstern (2016). “The Night Circus”, p.268, Random House

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• You send me all these roses. Every time I think the last bouquet has arrived, finally, another turns up. I’m running out of vases. I didn’t know roses came in so many colors. You say they’re the perfect symbols of love because they have thorns and love is pain. I say life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something. And you don’t get it. You say you love me, but you don’t speak my language. You don’t even realize I’m an orchid girl.

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  Girl, Running, Pain

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• I tried to explain as much as I could," Poppet says. "I think I made an analogy about cake." "Well, that must have worked," Widget says. "Who doesn't like a good cake analogy?

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  Thinking, Cake, Analogies

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• She turns her head, Bailey catches her eye, and she smiles at him. Not in the way that one smiles at a random member of the audience when one is in the middle of performing circus tricks with unusually talented kittens but in the way that one smiles when one recognizes someone they have not seen in some time.

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  Eye, Circus, Way

  FaceBook post by Erin Morgenstern from Nov 09, 2015

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• He turns and walks away, moving so quickly that the candle flames shiver with the motion of the air. “I miss you,” Isobel says as he leaves, but the sentiment is crushed by the clatter of the beaded curtain falling closed behind him.

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  Moving, Fall, Air

  Erin Morgenstern (2016). “The Night Circus”, p.134, Random House

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