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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
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And there are really never endings, happy or otherwise.
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I think looking forward will be better than looking back.
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He spends the majority of the evening in the company of Celia Bowen, whose elaborate gown changes color, shifting through a rainbow of hues to compliment whoever she is closest to.
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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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How are you managing to keep everyone from aging?” Celia asks after a while. “Very carefully,” Marco answers.
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But you built me dreams instead.
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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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I am a fan of magic and fantasy, particularly when it's grounded in reality.
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But dreams have ways of turning into nightmares.
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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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It is likely to make us think we are not caged. We cannot feel the bars unless we push against them.
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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 rain increases and umbrellas sprout like mushrooms amongst the graves.
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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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Celia. he says without looking up at her, why do we wind our watch? Because everything requires energy, she recites obediently, eyes still focused on her hand. We must put effort and energy into anything we wish to change.
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I binge write. I think it's because I started seriously writing by participating in National Novel Writing Month, an online-based challenge to write 50,000 words in 30 days.
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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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He forgets that he was someone's dream once, himself.
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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 couldn't tell the difference between what was real and what I wanted to be real.
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