#circus

Celia." he says without looking up at her, "why do we wind our watch?" "Because everything requires energy," she recites obediently, eyes still focused on her hand. "We must put effort and energy into anything we wish to change. ↗

— Erin Morgenstern

#erin-morgenstern #marco-celia #the-night-circus #change

The circus had been unlike anything I could ever imagine and I could not walk away. I wanted to be a part of the magic, create it and wield it with such skill that it looked effortless. I wanted to fly. ↗

— Laura Lam

#circus #magic #imagination

Taking a couple short backup swigs, Flint’s crippling headache started to release its grip, sort of the way he imagined an octopus would release an inedible bowling ball. ↗

— Cole Alpaugh

#bowling #circus #drinking #headache #imagination

Only the ship is made of books, its sails thousands of overlapping pages, and the sea it floats upon is dark black ink. ↗

— Erin Morgenstern

#ships #the-night-circus #sea

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

— Erin Morgenstern

#dreams #travel #dreams

But the soul of touring and the heart of it is basically every day is like putting up a circus tent. ↗

— Pat Benatar

#circus #day #every #every day #heart

I did a cake for the 60th birthday of Elton John, for Britney Spears' 27th birthday and for the 'Circus' album she put out - the cake had circus themes. I prepared a cake for a surprise 82nd birthday event for the architect Frank Gehry; the cake was comprised of mini-replicas of his buildings. ↗

— Ron Ben-Israel

#architect #birthday #britney #britney spears #buildings

Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town. ↗

— George Carlin

#cause #circus #got #just #left

I will always remember this summer day in Paris, when I was to perform a great acrobatic move. I can still see myself stepping on the ring of a packed circus along real performers. ↗

— Tony Curtis

#always #circus #day #great #i

The most hazardous part of our expedition to Africa was crossing Piccadilly Circus. ↗

— Joseph Thomson

#circus #crossing #expedition #hazardous #most