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“I worry hope will crush me, the way love has so many times before. Are they so different, hope and love? O & E in the same place, half of the other in each word. Both swimming in unknowns. I’ve been through the big changes. These ones should seem easier in comparison, I should be more prepared, but they don’t and I’m not. Sometimes I feel like a broken-wing butterfly, clinging to a window screen. Afraid to let go. Afraid to stay. Wondering how much wing is enough to fly.”

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Erin Morgenstern
Erin Morgenstern

Erin Morgenstern is an American author born on July 8, 1978. Her works are known for their fantasy elements and literary quality, with her most famous novel being 'The Night Circus'. Her writing is poetic and skilled at creating imaginative story worlds. more

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