And in most cases, what they are told that they see. And is not the dragon the hero of his own story? Is not the wolf simply acting as a wolf should act? Good and evil are a great deal more complex than a princess and a dragon, or a wolf and a scarlet- clad little girl. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows what they might do because of it, because of your words. You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone’s soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. You’re in the right place at the right time, and you care enough to do what needs to be done. You’re not destined or chosen, I wish I could tell you that you were if that would make it easier, but it’s not true. The finest of pleasures are always the unexpected ones. He forgets that he was someone’s dream once, himself. No matter what that father of yours says, or how loudly he might say it. Be they Harvard or something else entirely. We must put effort and energy into anything we wish to change.įollow your dreams, Bailey. And he is not in the position to do any rescuing of his own.īecause everything requires energy. It strikes him as unfair to not have the same fanciful opportunity himself. He read histories and mythologies and fairy tales, wondering why it seems that only girls are ever swept away from their mundane lives on farms by knights or princes or wolves. It is difficult to see a situation for what it is when you are in the midst of it. I am tired of denying myself what I want for fear of breaking things I cannot fix. Trying to control what cannot be controlled. I am tired of trying to hold things together that cannot be held. The future is never set in stone, remember that.Īnd there are never really endings, happy or otherwise. ![]() Life takes us to unexpected places sometimes. The smallest charms can be the most effective. As it turned out I had nothing to worry about. Ta Obreht, author of The Tiger’s Wife The Night Circus is the real deal, the kind of novel that will appeal to romantics, history buff, circus aficionados, mystery fans, and lovers of. I downloaded a sample on my Kindle, gunshy because I had limited funds and had decided I’d try very hard to scale back on book purchases, and I was extremely anxious at the thought of buying a book I’d end up hating and wishing I hadn’t spent the money. The Night Circus pulls you into a world as dark as it is dazzling, fully-realized but still something out of a dream. When I first read The Night Circus back in 2011, I was a shiny new freshman in college in a reading slump. ![]() The Night Circus quotes are instantly recognizable and always magical. In addition to reading and writing, she enjoys taking selfies, watching Netflix, and everything Beyonce does. She's read Pride and Prejudice, and watched the Keira Knightley adaptation, so many times that she often gets them confused. ![]() So she decided to call herself a writer and is just rolling with it. After receiving her BA in English from the University of Missouri, Chelsea Hensley realized she had no idea what she was doing with her life.
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