Night Circus Quotes

• This is not magic. This is the way the world is, only very few people take the time to stop and note it.

  Erin Morgenstern

  People, Magic, World

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• Only the ship is made of books, its sails thousands of overlapping pages, and the sea it floats upon is dark black ink.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Book, Dark, Sea

  Erin Morgenstern (2016). “The Night Circus”, p.266, Random House

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• I would have written you, myself, if I could put down in words everything I want to say to you. A sea of ink would not be enough.' 'But you built me dreams instead.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Dream, Sea, Ink

  FaceBook post by Erin Morgenstern from Aug 10, 2014

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• The circus looks abandoned and empty. But you think perhaps you can smell caramel wafting through the evening breeze, beneath the crisp scent of the autumn leaves. A subtle sweetness at the edges of the cold.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Autumn, Thinking, Smell

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

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• People see what they wish to see. And in most cases, what they are told that they see.

  Erin Morgenstern

  People, Wish, Cases

  Erin Morgenstern (2016). “The Night Circus”, p.30, Random House

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• Most maidens are perfectly capable of rescuing themselves in my experience, at least the ones worth something, in any case.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Circus, Maidens, Cases

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• The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Black And White, Unique, Night

  FaceBook post by Erin Morgenstern from Jan 20, 2016

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• You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Moving, Self, Blood

  FaceBook post by Erin Morgenstern from Jul 15, 2016

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• Old stories have a habit of being told and retold and changed. Each subsequent storyteller puts his or her mark upon it. Whatever truth the story once had is buried in bias and embellishment. The reasons do not matter as much as the story itself.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Stories, Matter, Reason

  Erin Morgenstern (2016). “The Night Circus”, p.352, Random House

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• I am tired of trying to hold things together that cannot be held. Trying to control what cannot be controlled. I am tired of denying myself what I want for fear of breaking things I cannot fix. They will break no matter what we do.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Life, Tired, Trying

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• Every once in awhile you find a novel so magical that there is no escaping its spell. The Night Circus is one of these rarities - engrossing, beautifully written and utterly enchanting. If you choose to read just one novel this year, this is it

  Danielle Trussoni

  Night, Escaping, Years

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• A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Good Night, Dream

  Oscar Wilde (2000). “Oscar Wilde - The Major Works”, p.296, OUP Oxford

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• I have tried to let you go and I cannot. I cannot stop thinking of you. I cannot stop dreaming about you.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Dream, Thinking Of You, Lovers

  Erin Morgenstern (2016). “The Night Circus”, p.269, Random House

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• The finest of pleasures are always the unexpected ones.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Circus, Unexpected, Finest

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

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• Life takes us to unexpected places sometimes. The future is never set in stone, remember that.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Stones, Unexpected, Remember

  Erin Morgenstern (2016). “The Night Circus”, p.173, Random House

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• I couldn't tell the difference between what was real and what I wanted to be real.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Real, Differences, Wanted

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• You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul

  Erin Morgenstern

  Soul, Stories, May

  Erin Morgenstern (2016). “The Night Circus”, p.386, Random House

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• And there are never really endings, happy or otherwise. Things keep going on, they overlap and blur, your story is part of your sister's story is part of many other stories, and there is no telling where any of them may lead.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Community, Stories, May

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• Is it not that bad to be trapped somewhere, then? Depending on where you're trapped?" "I suppose it depends on how much you like the place you're trapped in," Widget says. "And how much you like whoever you're stuck there with," Poppet adds, kicking his black boot with her white one.

  Erin Morgenstern

  White, Black, Add

  Erin Morgenstern (2016). “The Night Circus”, p.179, Random House

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• The most difficult thing to read is time. Maybe because it changes so many things.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Circus, Difficult, Difficult Things

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

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• But you built me dreams instead.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Dream, Built

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• The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Yesterday, Warning, Circus

  FaceBook post by Erin Morgenstern from Aug 27, 2013

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• The circus arrives without warning.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Warning, Circus

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

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• You're in the right place at the right time, and you care enough to do what needs to be done. Sometimes that's enough.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Needs, Done, Care

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• We must put effort and energy into anything we wish to change.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Effort, Wish, Energy

  Erin Morgenstern (2016). “The Night Circus”, p.22, Random House

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