Rêveurs Quotes

“It is these aficionados, these rêveurs, who see the details in the bigger picture of the circus. They see the nuance of the costumes, the intricacy of the signs. They buy sugar flowers and do not eat them, wrapping them in paper instead and carefully bringing them home. They are enthusiasts, devotees. Addicts. Something about the circus stirs their souls, and they ache for it when it is absent. They seek each other out, these people of such specific like mind. They tell of how they found the circus, how those first few steps were like magic. Like stepping into a fairy tale under a curtain of stars. They pontificate upon the fluffiness of the popcorn, the sweetness of the chocolate. They spend hours discussing the quality of the light, the heat of the bonfire. They sit over their drinks smiling like children and they relish being surrounded by kindred spirits, if only for an evening. When they depart, they shake hands and embrace like old friends, even if they have only just met, and as they go their separate ways they feel less alone than they had before.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

“Les gens de notre espèce forment un club secret extrêmement minoritaire dans un siècle où l'assurance, la prise en charge et la mentalité grégaire priment tout. Nous nous détectons rapidement entre nous pour des rapprochements provisoires et sans méfiance, puisque que ce qui nous réunit, par essence nous sépare très vite. Nous avons chacun en commun la nostalgie rêveuse d'un paradis illusoire et perdu qui nous hante et nous isole du reste du monde [.]”
― Geneviève Dormann, Adieu, phénomène