"Why haven’t you asked me how I do……" — Erin Morgenstern
"Why haven’t you asked me how I do my tricks?” Celia asks, once they have reached the point where she is certain he is not simply being polite about the matter. “Because I do not wish to know,” he says. “I prefer to remain unenlightened, to better remain in the dark."
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183 Quotes by Erin Morgenstern
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