This is, in part, why there is less magic in the world today. Magic is secret and secrets are magic, after all, and years upon years of teaching and sharing magic and worse. Writing it down in fancy books that get all dusty with age has lessened it, removed its power bit by bit.
Erin MorgensternBecause I do not wish to know,โ he says. โI prefer to remain unenlightened, to better appreciate the dark.
Erin MorgensternYou think, as you walk away from Le Cirque des Rรชves 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.
Erin MorgensternCelia, wait,โ Marco says, standing but not moving closer to her. โYou are breaking my heart. You told me once that I reminded you of your father. That you never wanted to suffer the way your mother did for him, but you are doing exactly that to me. You keep leaving me. You leave me longing for you again and again when I would give anything for you to stay, and it is killing me.โ โIt has to kill one of us,โ Celia says quietly.
Erin Morgenstern