The past stays on you the way powdered sugar stays on your fingers. Some people can get rid of it but it’s still there, the events and things that pushed you to where you are now.

Which tent is your favourite?" he asks. "The Ice Garden," Celia answers, without even pausing to consider. "Why is that?" Marco asks. "Because of the way it feels," she says. "It's like walking into a dream. As though it is someplace else entirely and not simply another tent.

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

We are two different people, Ethan. Just because you could never decide which one of us you were in love with does not make us interchangeable.

I keep waiting for things to get back down to whelming, but they stay at overwhelming.

People don’t pay much attention to anything unless you give them reason to

That's the beauty of it. Have you seen the contraptions these magicians build to accomplish the most mundane feats? They are a bunch of fish covered in feathers trying to convince the public they can fly, I am simply a bird in their midst.