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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.

Erin Morgenstern

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Erin Morgenstern
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: July 8
Novelist
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Father
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Hamlet
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...have a theory that she is in love with the dream of someone and not an actual person.
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He remembers when he was very small his mother once said she wished happiness and adventure for him. If this does not count as adventure, he is not sure what does.
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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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Natural talent is a questionable phenomenon. Inclination perhaps, but innate ability is extremely rare.
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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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The rain increases and umbrellas sprout like mushrooms amongst the graves.
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You look like a ghost, Bailey says. He can think of no better way to describe it. You appear the same way to me, so which of us is real?
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I have absurdly vivid dreams.
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Have you ever thought about it, about simply leaving? Really, truly thought about it with the intent to follow through and not as a dream or a passing fancy?
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Her father picks different names for her as they change locales, but he uses Miranda often, presumably because he knows how much it annoys her.
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The truest tales require time and familiarity to become what they are.
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Most maidens are perfectly capable of rescuing themselves in my experience, at least the ones worth something, in any case.
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I like that once upon a time quality, where the telling of a tale has an elevated sense of story. There's a whimsical quality to it. Sometimes in fairy tales more things seem possible, even though often they're real world based.
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Are we going to discuss whatever it is you are here to discuss instead of dancing around it?” he asks. “I was never a particularly good dancer.
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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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I dont think there's anything wrong with being a dreamer. There is not. But dreams have ways of turning into nightmares.
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I have read for countless people on innumerable subjects and the most difficult thing to understand within the cards is always the timing. I knew that, and still it surprised me. How long I was willing to wait for something that was only a possibility. I always thought it was just a matter of time but I was wrong.
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So it’s really best to keep your secrets when you have them, for their own good, as well as yours.
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