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1 " One must weather the storm to spy the rainbows. "
― Sarah Noffke , Paralyzed (The Vagabond Circus, #2)
2 " Life is full of magic and if you try and explain it all then you lose the opportunity for bewilderment, which is a beautiful thing – Dr. Dave Raydon "
3 " He never had anything for all of his life, and regarded being rich as akin to living full time on the moon, but suddenly he felt as though he was the wealthiest man on Earth. "
4 " Don’t give people what they want, give them what they need "
5 " Today we remember the man who brought magic back to this world by lighting a spark in all of you. You are all his legacy. You are the magic of Vagabond Circus. "
6 " He was impoverished in every way that meant something to him. However, he did have his health. But that only made him alive when he wished he was dead. "
7 " She noticed then how nice his teeth were. There had been little opportunity to see them, as the guy hardly ever smiled. His white teeth were flat in all the right places. Sharp in all the other right places. "
8 " His gaze appeared to try and pull her apart at the seams so he could make her anew. "
9 " Most people gawked at her because of her exotic appearance or stared with envy at her beauty. However, he always looked at her in a studious way, as if he was trying to piece her together like she was a marble puzzle. A statue he was constructing from parts of her abstract soul. "
10 " For her it had always been easy to apologize. It was simple to admit her mistakes because otherwise they seemed to lie across her lap paralyzing her until she said those two words. Then her blunder flew away to the trees where all wrong deeds lived after being made right. "
11 " He stood lamely staring out at the grief-stricken crowd like he was watching a hurricane wreak havoc outside his window. He was powerless to stop the destruction but it was his burden to watch it transpire. "
12 " She had turned to her anger, harboring herself there. A ship anchored in tumultuous water. "
13 " He felt too far away and too close at the same time. "
14 " I know there’s no way that I deserve you,” he said, cutting her off, his voice a half whisper. “We make no sense together. We are so different that our involvement should be illegal, but that doesn’t change my instinct on this. I sense we’re connected, and for a reason. "
15 " The way the big top looked right then expressed perfectly how she felt. Empty. Abandoned. Alone. "
16 " She didn’t like the way her heart felt, fragile in her chest, like it was a brand new shell being tossed into the violent ocean. "
17 " It made him all at once believe in the impossible, hope for days of richness, and yearn for everything he never felt he deserved. "
18 " When a person can’t fully care for themselves they will suffer abuse to avoid the fear of the unknown. That one thing, the unknown, is worse than anything else for prisoners. They’d rather have the certainty of pain and neglect than the uncertainty of a new life "
19 " He drew back an inch and cupped her face in both his hands, both his eyes piercing her soul from the outside. “Anything I can ever give you is yours. Always know that. "
20 " This man appearing weak was like the sun rising in the middle of the night. These things just didn’t make sense. "