"I am tired of trying to hold things……" — Erin Morgenstern
"I am tired of trying to hold things together that cannot be held. Trying to control what cannot be controlled. I am tired of denying myself what I want for fear of breaking things I cannot fix. They will break no matter what we do."
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183 Quotes by Erin Morgenstern
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Sometimes I write what I can't paint, and I paint what I can't write. I use a different part of…
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I have absurdly vivid dreams.
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And now, I'm a best selling author, a different sort of fairy tale that I still sometimes wonder when I'll…
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Comic-Con was crazy, good crazy... Five minutes after I'm done, the cast of 'Twilight' is where I was sitting.
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I am a fan of magic and fantasy, particularly when it's grounded in reality.
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I draft quickly and then revise, a lot.
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