Quotessence
Home / Authors / Erin Morgenstern
Erin Morgenstern

Erin Morgenstern Quotes

Writer

Filter quotes by topic

AllNight CircusCircusIfsStoriesThinkingWayDreamPeopleCeliaFeels

Famous Erin Morgenstern Quotes

“What happened?" Bailey asks. "That is somewhat difficult to explain," Tsukiko answers. "It is a long and complicated story." "And you're not going to tell me, are you?" She tilts her head a bit ... "No, I am not," she says. "Great," Bailey mutters under his breath... "The bonfire exploded? How?" "Remember when I said it was difficult to explain? That has not changed.”

LongSaidStoriesRememberAsksBitsDifficultAnswersHappenedChangedBreathsComplicatedRemember WhenTiltBonfire
Author:Erin Morgenstern
Create image

“I have read for countless people on innumerable subjects and the most difficult thing to understand within the cards is always the timing. I knew that, and still it surprised me. How long I was willing to wait for something that was only a possibility. I always thought it was just a matter of time but I was wrong.”

PeopleLongStillsMatterWaitingDifficultSubjectsPossibilityWillingCardsTimingDifficult ThingsMatter Of TimeWilling To Wait
Author:Erin Morgenstern
Create image

“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… 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.”

PeopleIfsWayFeelsMindFirstsSoulHandsFoundStarsStepsMagicMetsEmbraceTalesFairyShakesFairy TaleAddictCurtainsAcheCircusAbsentOld FriendsDevoteeSeparate Ways
Author:Erin Morgenstern
Create image

“Grow up, Bailey." "That is precisely what I'm doing," Bailey says. "I don't care if you don't understand that. Staying here won't make me happy. It will make you happy because you're insipid and boring, and an insipid, boring life is enough for you. It's not enough for me. It will never be enough for me. So I'm leaving. Do me a favor and marry someone who will take decent care of the sheep.”

IfsEnoughCareLife IsGrowsGrowing UpLeavingDon't CareBoringFavorsI Don't CareDecentStayingSheepMake You HappyMake Me HappyMarriage AdviceInsipidBoring Life
Book:The Night Circus
Create image

“The silence that falls between them is a comfortable one. He longs to reach over and touch her, but he resists, fearful of destroying the delicate camaraderie they are building. He steals glances instead, watching the way the light falls over her skin. Several times he catches her regarding him in a similar manner, and the moments when she holds his eyes with hers are sublime.”

WayMomentsLightEyeFallSilenceBuildingComfortableSkinsStealingHis EyesDestroyingDelicateFearfulSublimeGlancesCamaraderie
Author:Erin Morgenstern
Create image

“Trapped in silence, Marco traces apologies and adorations across Celia's body with his tongue. Mutely expressing all the things he cannot speak aloud. He finds other ways to tell her, his fingers leaving faint trails of ink in their wake. He savors every sound he elicits from her. The entire room trembles as they come together. And though there are a great many fragile objects contained within it, nothing breaks.”

WayBodyTogetherSpeakSoundRoomsSilenceBreakObjectsFingersLeavingTongueFragileApologyTrappedTrailsInkAdorationMarcosCelia
Author:Erin Morgenstern
Create image

“It's too late. It was too late by the time I arrived in London to turn your notebook into a dove; there were too many people already involved. Anything either of us does has an effect on everyone here, on every patron who walks through those gates. Hundreds if not thousands of people. All flies in a spiderweb that was spun when I was six years old and now I can barely move for fear of losing someone else.”

PeopleIfsYearsDoeI CanMovingTurnsWalksEffectsInvolvedSixLateLosingLondonToo LateGatesNotebookDovePatronSpunSix Year OldsLosing Someone
Book:The Night Circus
Create image

“Our instructors do not understand how it is. To be bound to someone in such a way. They are too old, too out of touch with their emotions. They no longer remember what it is to live and breathe within the world. They think it simple to pit any two people against each other. It is never simple. The other person becomes how you define your life, how you define yourself. They become as necessary as breathing. Then they expect the victor to continue on without that. It would be like pulling the Murray twins apart and expecting them to be the same. They would be whole but not complete.”

PeopleThinkingWorldWayPersonsTwoWholeWould BeRememberSimpleEmotionBoundsBreatheBreathingExpectingTwinsPullingPitsInstructorsDefine Yourself
Author:Erin Morgenstern
Create image

“So proper for a circus girl," Mme. Padva says with with a gleam in her eye. "We shall have to loosen those corset laces if we intend to keep you an intimate dinner company." "I expected the corset unlacing would take place after dinner," Celia says mildly, earning a chorus of laughter. "We shall keep Miss Bowen as intimate company regardless of the state of her corset," Chandresh says. "Make a note of that," he adds, waving a hand at Marco. "Miss Bowen's corset is duly noted, sir," Marco replies, and the laghter bubbles over the table again.”

IfsStatesHandsEyeGirlCompanyMissingLaughterTablesAddNotesDinnerExpectedIntimateBubblesHer EyesEarningCircusChorusGleamLaceMarcosCorsetsCelia
Author:Erin Morgenstern
Create image

“If I have not been completely honest with you, it is only because I know a great deal of things that you do not want to know. I am going to ask that you trust me when I tell you I am trying to make things better. It is an extremely delicate balance and there are a great many factors involved. The best we can do right now is take everything as it comes, and not to worry ourselves over things that have happened, or things that are to come.”

IfsKnowsWantTryingAsksCan DoDealsWorryHappenedHonestBalanceInvolvedRight NowFactorsDelicateTrust Me
Book:The Night Circus
Create image