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.

I do not see as well without her. I do not hear as well without her. I do not feel as well without her. I would be better off without a hand or a leg than without my sister.

They say it's darkest before the dawn, but it also tend to be quietest, and the quiet lets you hear yourself better.

Something about the circus stirs their souls, and they ache for it when it is absent.

I cannot let a place that is so important to so many people fade away. Something that is wonder and comfort and mystery all together that they have nowhere else. If you had that, wouldn't you want to keep it?

Trespassers Will Be Exsanguinated.

You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift.