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“Strange, isn’t it? To love a book. When the words on the pages become so precious that they feel like part of your own history because they are. It’s nice to finally have someone read stories I know so intimately.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

“Alice laughed. 'There's no use trying,' she said. 'One can't believe impossible things.'

I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. 'When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. There goes the shawl again!”
― Lewis Carroll

“The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

“I feel Sel’s gaze on the back of my neck, on my cheek, before I hear his voice.
“Mae hi’n brydferth.”
“What?” I ask. Nick turns when I do, just as confused. Arthur’s memories don’t recognize modern Welsh, and I only know a little. I do recognize the words for “she” and “beautiful” though.
Or maybe Nick isn’t just as confused as me, because a slow, laughing smile spreads across his face, like he understands Sel’s game already. He leans a hip against the wall to watch me beside his Kingsmage, eyes teasing. “Ydi, mae hi. Yn dragwyddol.”
Maybe that last word was “forever.”
“Beautiful forever”? No, “always”? I flush, then pout.
“Because of Arthur, I’m only fluent in Old Welsh, not modern. You know this isn’t fair.”
“We know,” they respond together, and laugh.”
― Tracy Deonn, Bloodmarked

“Sel looks between us both. “I cannot believe I am stuck with you two.”
The tension lifts, and I smile. “You are, you know. Stuck with us.”
Nick makes a sound of disagreement. “Nah. I think you’re stuck with us, Bree.”
― Tracy Deonn, Bloodmarked

“The finest of pleasures are always the unexpected ones.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

“أخاف أن تمطر الدنيا، و لست معي

فمنذ رحت.. و عندي عقدة المطر

كان الشتاء يغطيني بمعطفه

فلا أفكر في برد و لا ضجر

و كانت الريح تعوي خلف نافذتي

فتهمسين: تمسك ها هنا شعري

و الآن أجلس .. و الأمطار تجلدني

على ذراعي. على وجهي. على ظهري

فمن يدافع عني.. يا مسافرة

مثل اليمامة، بين العين و البصر

وكيف أمحوك من أوراق ذاكرتي

و أنت في القلب مثل النقش في الحجر

أنا أحبك يا من تسكنين دمي

إن كنت في الصين، أو كنت في القمر

ففيك شيء من المجهول أدخله

و فيك شيء من التاريخ و القدر”
― نزار قباني

“Not all stories speak to all listeners, but all listeners can find a story that does, somewhere, sometime. In one form or another.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea