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I think looking forward will be better than looking back.

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Erin Morgenstern
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: July 8
Novelist
Writer
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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.
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And there are really never endings, happy or otherwise.
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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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I suppose there will never be a lack of things to say, of stories to be told and shared.
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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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The finest of pleasures are always the unexpected ones.
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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.
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Marco moves to close the distance between them, kissing away her tears before catching her lip with his own. As he kisses her, the bonfire glows brighter. The acrobats catch the light perfectly as they spin. The entire circus sparkles, dazzling every patron.
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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.
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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.
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I cannot let a place that is so important to so many people fade away. Something that is wonder and comfort and mystery all together that they have nowhere else. If you had that, wouldn't you want to keep it?
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Good and evil are a great deal more complex than a princess and a dragon . . . is not the dragon the hero of his own story?
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But you built me dreams instead.
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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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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.
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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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Life takes us to unexpected places sometimes. The future is never set in stone, remember that.
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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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Secrets have power, and that power diminishes when they are shared, so they are best kept and kept well. Sharing secrets, real secrets, important ones, with even one other person, will change them.
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We cannot go backward,' Marco says. 'A great deal is not how it used to be.
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