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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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• Love is fickle and fleeting," Tsukiko continues. "It is rarely a solid foundation for decisions to be made upon, in any game.

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  Love Is, Games, Decision

  Erin Morgenstern (2016). “The Night Circus”, p.311, Random House

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• It's not a real name," she says. "Not one that he's carried with him always. It's one he wears like his hat. So he can take it off if he wants.

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  Real, Names, Want

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• He forgets that he was someone's dream once, himself.

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  Dream, Forget

  Erin Morgenstern (2016). “The Night Circus”, p.91, 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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• 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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• Misdirection is one of my strengths.

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  Misdirection

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• Unusual yet beautiful. Provocative while remaining elegant.

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  Beautiful, Provocative, Unusual

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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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• Widge can see the past." Poppet says suddenly. "That's why his stories are so good." "The past is easier," Widget says. "It's already there." "In the stars?" Bailey asks. "No." Widget says. "On people. The past stays on you the way powdered sugar stays on fingers. Some people can get rid of it but it's still there, the events and t hings that pushed you to where you are now.

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  Stars, Past, People

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• I'm a firm believer that lighting affects mood, and twinkly lights on strings bring something magical to occasions ranging from concerts to weddings, though I'm fond of using them as year-round home decor. There's a reason why they're sometimes called fairy lights. When the night is right, there aren't any strings at all.

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  Home, Night, Light

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

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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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• I'm kind of big on performance in general. I like the sort of entertainment where you can go in and be fully immersed in it.

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  Entertainment, Kind, Bigs

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• What happened?" Bailey asks. "That is somewhat difficult to explain," Tsukiko answers. "It is a long and complicated story." "And you're not going to tell me, are you?" She tilts her head a bit ... "No, I am not," she says. "Great," Bailey mutters under his breath... "The bonfire exploded? How?" "Remember when I said it was difficult to explain? That has not changed.

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  Long, Stories, Tilt

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• I don't always write in order, so composing multi-book stories could get complicated.

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  Book, Writing, Order

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

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  Never Ending

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• I think that's a hallmark of a really good story that it has readers that it speaks to more than others.

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  Thinking, Stories, Speak

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

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  Overcoming, Needs, Limitation

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• “Nothing's impossible,” Poppet responds. She smiles at him and jumps, her red hair trailing out behind her as she falls.

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  Fall, Hair, Red

  "The Night Circus". Book by Erin Morgenstern, September 13, 2011.

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• It's too late. It was too late by the time I arrived in London to turn your notebook into a dove; there were too many people already involved. Anything either of us does has an effect on everyone here, on every patron who walks through those gates. Hundreds if not thousands of people. All flies in a spiderweb that was spun when I was six years old and now I can barely move for fear of losing someone else.

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  Notebook, Moving, Years

  Erin Morgenstern (2016). “The Night Circus”, p.323, Random House

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