This is not magic. This is the way the world is, only very few people take the time to stop and note it.
Erin MorgensternOld stories have a habit of being told and retold and changed. Each subsequent storyteller puts his or her mark upon it. Whatever truth the story once had is buried in bias and embellishment. The reasons do not matter as much as the story itself.
Erin MorgensternThe circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.
Erin MorgensternI have read for countless people on innumerable subjects and the most difficult thing to understand within the cards is always the timing. I knew that, and still it surprised me. How long I was willing to wait for something that was only a possibility. I always thought it was just a matter of time but I was wrong.
Erin Morgenstern