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The finest of pleasures are always the unexpected ones.
Erin Morgenstern
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Erin Morgenstern
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: July 8
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It is destroying me that I cannot ask you to dance.
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I have been surrounded by love letters you two have built each other for years, encased in tents.
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The past stays on you the way powdered sugar stays on your fingers. Some people can get rid of it but it’s still there, the events and things that pushed you to where you are now.
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This is not magic. This is the way the world is, only very few people take the time to stop and note it.
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Scent is often underestimated, when it can be the most evocative.
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...the thrill of being surrounded by something wondrous and fantastical, only magnified and focused directly at her. The feel of his skin against hers reverberates across her entire body, though his fingers remain entwined in hers.
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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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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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I am already married, she remarks to the empty air, twisting the ring on her right hand that covers an sold, distinctive scar.
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I am haunted by the ghost of my father, I think that should allow me to quote Hamlet as much as I please.
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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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Misdirection is one of my strengths.
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I couldn't tell the difference between what was real and what I wanted to be real.
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