I am tired of trying to hold things together that cannot be held.

...the thrill of being surrounded by something wondrous and fantastical, only magnified and focused directly at her. The feel of his skin against hers reverberates across her entire body, though his fingers remain entwined in hers.

I thought a circus environment would be an interesting venue to explore, where you didn't just have one tent with three rings and a show going on but where you could explore different things in different tents.

I wished for her,” he says.

Wine is bottled poetry, he thinks.

The truest tales require time and familiarity to become what they are.

Better to have a single perfect diamond than a sack of flawed stones.