How are you managing to keep everyone from aging?” Celia asks after a while. “Very carefully,” Marco answers.

And there are never really endings, happy or otherwise. Things keep going on, they overlap and blur, your story is part of your sister's story is part of many other stories, and there is no telling where any of them may lead.

You think, as you walk away from Le Cirque des Rêves and into the creeping dawn, that you felt more awake within the confines of the circus. You are no longer quite certain which side of the fence is the dream.

Life takes us to unexpected places sometimes. The future is never set in stone, remember that.

Natural talent is a questionable phenomenon. Inclination perhaps, but innate ability is extremely rare.

I didn't know your identity, but I had an impression of who my opponent was, being surrounded by things you made.

Perhaps it is controlling the chaos within more than the chaos without.