Best 10 quotes in «the night circus quotes» category

they start in the ice garden, through the twins grow impatient with leisurely pace that celia prefers to take around the frozen trees. before they have traveled halfway through the space they are begging to ride the carousel instead.

It almost contradicts itself," she says after a moment. "It's as if there is love and loss at the same time, together in a kind of beautiful pain.

[after guard dogs frozen mid-attack] 'How long are the dogs going to stay hanging there like that?' ask Yulia. 'I want to make friends with them. Otherwise, i'll be left with a latent psychological complex that's bound to affect my personality and sexual preferences.

I knew that, and still it surprised me. How long I was willing to wait for something that was only a possibility.

Even the ground beneath his feet feels unsatisfying to his boots.

He wants to know everything about her. How she spends her time when not performing. How she interacts with her audiences. How she takes her tea.

I'm in love with her.

Is magic not enough to live for?" Widget asks. "Magic," the man in the grey suit repeats, turning the word into a laugh. "This is not magic. This is the way the world is, only very few people take the time to stop and note it. Look around you," he says, waving a hand at the surrounding tables. "Not a one of them even has an inkling of the things that are possible in this world, and what's worse is that none of them would listen if you attempted to enlighten them. They want to believe that magic is nothing but clever deception, because to think it real would keep them up at night, afraid of their own existence." "But some people can be enlightened," Widget says.

It is difficult to see a situation for what it is when you are in the midst of it.

I wanted you to have a place where you felt safe enough to cry if I could not be with you.