Could you do such things when you were a dancer?' Tara asks her, as Tsukiko pulls a leg up impossibly far over her head. 'I would have had a much busier social calendar if I could,' Mme. Padva replies with a shake of her head. Erin Morgenstern More Quotes by Erin Morgenstern More Quotes From Erin Morgenstern The sensation reminds him of the first snow of winter, for those first few hours when everything is blanketed in white, soft and quiet. Erin Morgenstern white winter snow The rain increases and umbrellas sprout like mushrooms amongst the graves. Erin Morgenstern umbrella mushrooms rain 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. Erin Morgenstern simple two thinking 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. Erin Morgenstern notebook years moving 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. Erin Morgenstern apology leaving silence He remembers when he was very small his mother once said she wished happiness and adventure for him. If this does not count as adventure, he is not sure what does. Erin Morgenstern mother doe adventure "I am already married," she remarks to the empty air, twisting the ring on her right hand that covers an sold, distinctive scar. Erin Morgenstern scar air hands 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. Erin Morgenstern light eye fall Chandresh relishes reactions. Genuine reactions, not mere polite applause. He often values the reactions over the show itself. A show without an audience is nothing, after all. In the response of the audience, that is where the power of performance lives. Erin Morgenstern applause genuine reactions We cannot go backward,' Marco says. 'A great deal is not how it used to be. Erin Morgenstern marcos deals used ...He is sure that the Bailey he is now is closer to the Bailey he is supposed to be than the Bailey he had been before Erin Morgenstern supposed-to-be Natural talent is a questionable phenomenon. Inclination perhaps, but innate ability is extremely rare. Erin Morgenstern questionable natural-talent ability Her father picks different names for her as they change locales, but he uses Miranda often, presumably because he knows how much it annoys her. Erin Morgenstern different names father Celia laughs and a curl of her hair falls across her cheek. Marco tentatively moves to brush it off her face, but before his fingers reach her, she pushes herself off the ledge, her silver gown a billowing cloud as she falls onto the pile of jewel-toned cushions. Erin Morgenstern clouds fall moving That man has no shadow. Erin Morgenstern shadow men 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. Erin Morgenstern balance worry trying And before he can tell her to tell Widget goodbye for him if need be, she leans forward and kisses him, not on the cheek, as she has a handful of times before, but on the lips, and Bailey knows in that moment that he will follow her anywhere. Erin Morgenstern kissing goodbye needs Each of them always gravitating toward the other. Yet still they do not touch. Erin Morgenstern stills 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. Erin Morgenstern laughter girl eye Old stories have a habit of being told and retold and changed. Each subsequent storyteller puts his or her mark upon it. Whatever truth the story once had is buried in bias and embellishment. The reasons do not matter as much as the story itself. Erin Morgenstern matter reason stories