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You think, as you walk away from Le Cirque des Rêves and into the creeping dawn, that you felt more awake within the confines of the circus. You are no longer quite certain which side of the fence is the dream.

Erin Morgenstern

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Erin Morgenstern
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: July 8
Novelist
Writer
Fence
Quite
Dawn
Within
Awake
Felt
Walk
Away
Longer
Cirque
Dream
Walks
Creeping
Certain
Side
Confines
Think
Circus
Thinking
Sides

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