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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.
Erin Morgenstern
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Erin Morgenstern
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: July 8
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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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It is destroying me that I cannot ask you to dance.
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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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The night that seemed endless hours before is now slipping through your fingers, ticking by as it falls into the past and pushes you towards the future.
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Perhaps it is controlling the chaos within more than the chaos without.
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Misdirection is one of my strengths.
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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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I do not like sitting idly by when something clearly isn't right. I feel... not trapped but something like it, and I don't know what to about.
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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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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 suppose there will never be a lack of things to say, of stories to be told and shared.
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