Erin Morgenstern Quotes - Page 5

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• A woman I should like to think I know rather well and a woman I had always considered a mystery, are in fact the same person.

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  Thinking, Facts, Mystery

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• Taking his time, as though he has all of it in the world, in the universe, from the days when tales meant more than they do now, but perhaps less than they will someday, he draws a breath that releases the tangled knot of words in his heart, and they fall from his lips effortlessly. "The circus arrives without warning.

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  Fall, Heart, Tangled

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• Celia laughs and a curl of her hair falls across her cheek. Marco tentatively moves to brush it off her face, but before his fingers reach her, she pushes herself off the ledge, her silver gown a billowing cloud as she falls onto the pile of jewel-toned cushions.

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  Moving, Fall, Clouds

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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 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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• 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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• 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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• Unusual yet beautiful. Provocative while remaining elegant.

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  Beautiful, Provocative, Unusual

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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 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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• 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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• Comic-Con was crazy, good crazy... Five minutes after I'm done, the cast of 'Twilight' is where I was sitting.

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  Crazy, Twilight, Sitting

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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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• 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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• 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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