597 Quotes by Erin Morgenstern

A multitude of seekers looking for things they do not have names for and finding them in stories written and unwritten and in each other.

But the world is strange and endings are not truly endings no matter how the stars might wish it so.

They want to believe that magic is nothing but clever deception, because to think it real would keep them up at night, afraid of their own existence.

We lead strange lives, chasing our dreams around from place to place,” Elizabeth says quietly, looking out the window.

I cannot let a place that is so important to so many people fade away. Something that is wonder and comfort and mystery all together that they have nowhere else. If you had that, wouldn’t you want to keep it?

Because if the girl had not been beautiful and clever, she would have been easier to resist, and then there would be no story at all.

There are so many pieces to a person. So many small stories and so few opportunities to read them.

He pulls the girl close to keep her warm. He kisses her shoulder, pretending he will have her for a lifetime when in truth they have only minutes left together.

I mean only that I hope they find darkness or paradise without fear of it, if they can.” He pauses before adding, “I hope that for you and your compatriots as well.