Emily Casella

“A magician creates magic and mesmerizes the audience. But it is a pantomime, and the audience knows that it’s a ruse. It’s in the name: a “magic trick”. They play along when the magician tugs his sleeves to show there is nothing hidden within them, or that the top hat is empty of a rabbit, or eggs, or flowers. Beneath the façade there is only sleight of hand, wires and contraptions, misdirection at a key moment.
“But what the audience does not realize is that it’s not always trickery. Or at least, not quite.”
― Laura Lam, Shadowplay

“And I need to be where other people are not for a while. Percy knew himself well enough for that.”
― Gail Carriger, Competence

“My only regrets are the moments when i doubted myself and took the safe route. Life is too short to waste time being unhappy.”
― Dan Howell

“It wasn’t a good-bye, not really.
What was the word for parting?
Anoshe.
That was it.
Until another day.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light