

“I am tired of trying to hold things together that cannot be held. Trying to control what cannot be controlled. I am tired of denying myself what I want for fear of breaking things I cannot fix. They will break no matter what we do.”
― The Night Circus
― The Night Circus

“When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles

“People see what they wish to see. And in most cases, what they are told that they see.”
― The Night Circus
― The Night Circus

“In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles

“I couldn't tell the difference between what was real and what I wanted to be real.”
― The Night Circus
― The Night Circus
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