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#THELIBRARIANS: THE NEXT CHAPTER: SEASON ONE. "It's not unusual..."

THE NIGHT CIRCUS — erin morgenstern

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.

someone needs to tell those tales. when the battles are fought and won and lost, when the pirates find their treasures and the dragons eat their foes for breakfast with a nice cup of lapsang souchong, someone needs to tell their bits of overlapping narrative. there's magic in that. it's in the listener, and for each and every ear it will be different, and it will affect them in ways they can never predict. from the mundane to the profound. you may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. that tale will move them and drive them and who knows what they might do because of it, because of your words. that is your role, your gift. your sister may be able to see the future, but you yourself can shape it, boy. do not forget that... there are many kinds of magic, after all.

“The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it, no paper notices on downtown posts and billboards, no mentions or advertisements in local newspapers. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.”

“The Circus of Dreams,” comes the reply. The girl smiles delightedly.Then the iron gates shudder and unlock, seemingly by their own volition. They swing outward, inviting the crowd inside. Now the circus is open. Now you may enter.

@storyseekers event 15: character that i relate to 

MAKE ME CHOOSE — @shehrazades asked the night circus or the starless sea

like stepping into a fairy tale under a curtain of stars.