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He forgets that he was someone's dream once, himself.

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Erin Morgenstern
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: July 8
Novelist
Writer
Forgets
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Someone

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Misdirection is one of my strengths.
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Marco knows he does not have the time to push her away, so he pulls her close, burying his face in her hair, his bowler hat torn from his head by the wind....Trust me, Celia whispers in his ear, and he stops fighting it, forgetting everything but her.
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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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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 made a wish on this tree years ago, Marco says. What did you wish for? Bailey asks. Marco leans forward and whispers in Bailey's ear. I wished for her.
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I don't always write in order, so composing multi-book stories could get complicated.
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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.
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Natural talent is a questionable phenomenon. Inclination perhaps, but innate ability is extremely rare.
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„I forgive you for stealing my shawl.“ She smiles as he laughs. And then she vanishes. A simple trick of distracting his attention long enough to slip out through the hall, despite the lingering temptation to stay.
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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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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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People don’t pay much attention to anything unless you give them reason to
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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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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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