Reading Journey

Title	The Night Circus
Author	Erin Morgenstern
Publisher	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Isbn	9780385534642
Percent	99.9%

Highlights

Date	Chapter	Percent	Color	Quote	Note
May 22, 2023 14:59	Bons Rêves	98.9%	#FFB	Mr. Bailey Alden Clarke, Proprietor bailey@nightcircus.com
May 22, 2023 14:58	Stories: Paris, January 1903	98.3%	#FFB	“The circus arrives without warning.”
May 22, 2023 14:58	Stories: Paris, January 1903	97.9%	#FFB	“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with being a dreamer.” “There is not. But dreams have ways of turning into nightmares.
May 22, 2023 14:58	Stories: Paris, January 1903	97.6%	#FFB	There are many kinds of magic, after all.”
May 22, 2023 14:57	Stories: Paris, January 1903	97.5%	#FFB	“I tell stories,” he says
May 22, 2023 14:57	Stories: Paris, January 1903	97.2%	#FFB	“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.”
May 22, 2023 14:56	Stories: Paris, January 1903	96.9%	#FFB	They’re in the circus. They are the circus. You can hear his footsteps in the Labyrinth. You can smell her perfume in the Cloud Maze. It’s marvelous.”
May 22, 2023 14:55	Stories: Paris, January 1903	96.4%	#FFB	Most maidens are perfectly capable of rescuing themselves in my experience, at least the ones worth something, in any case.
May 22, 2023 14:54	Blueprints: London, December 1902	96.2%	#FFB	His mind is clear, the plans for the museum becoming cohesive, ideas for future projects aligning themselves in ways that seem completely manageable.
May 22, 2023 14:54	Blueprints: London, December 1902	96.0%	#FFB	Dedicate to M. Alisdair and C. Bowen”
May 22, 2023 14:07	Suspended: New York, November 1, 1902	92.3%	#FFB	. “You’re not destined or chosen, I wish I could tell you that you were if that would make it easier, but it’s not true. You’re in the right place at the right time, and you care enough to do what needs to be done. Sometimes that’s enough.”
May 22, 2023 00:57	Old Ghosts: London, October 31, 1902	86.4%	#FFB	And the possibility was there.” She gives him a small, sad smile as she slides her hand into her pocket. “But the timing isn’t right.”
May 21, 2023 13:31	Impasse: Montréal, August 1902	81.2%	#FFB	“The winner lives, the loser dies. That’s how the game ends.”
May 20, 2023 13:58	An Entreaty: Concord, Massachusetts, October 30, 1902	69.1%	#FFB	I know how it’s supposed to feel and it doesn’t feel like that right now and it hasn’t for a while.
May 20, 2023 12:15	Stormy Seas: Dublin, June 1901	67.7%	#FFB	“It frightens me how much I like it,” Celia finishes, turning her face back to his.
May 20, 2023 12:15	Stormy Seas: Dublin, June 1901	67.7%	#FFB	“How tempting it is to lose myself in you
May 20, 2023 12:11	Stormy Seas: Dublin, June 1901	66.6%	#FFB	“In my dreams. I imagine what you might like.”
May 20, 2023 00:57	Three Cups of Tea with Lainie Burgess: London, Basel, and Constantinople, 1900	65.9%	#FFB	We are all involved in your game, and it seems we are not as easily repaired as teacups.”
May 20, 2023 00:49	Bookkeeping: London, March 1900	64.1%	#FFB	“He has no shadow,” Chandresh says to himself before he pours a glass of brandy.
May 20, 2023 00:44	Bookkeeping: London, March 1900	63.6%	#FFB	“You are dismissed from your position. You shall leave immediately.”
May 20, 2023 00:41	Bookkeeping: London, March 1900	63.5%	#FFB	You’ve been keeping all this from me the entire time, you had no right to go behind my back—”
May 19, 2023 19:00	Bedtime Stories: Concord, Massachusetts, October 1902	61.0%	#FFB	A sharp pain in his chest. The sensation of falling. A sound like howling wind, or a screaming girl.
May 19, 2023 00:32	Thirteen: London, Friday, October 13, 1899	59.9%	#FFB	“That man has no shadow,” he says, as Chandresh leans over the twins to peer out the window at the empty street.
May 19, 2023 00:30	Thirteen: London, Friday, October 13, 1899	59.6%	#FFB	Marco kisses her as though they are the only two people in the world.
May 19, 2023 00:26	Thirteen: London, Friday, October 13, 1899	59.3%	#FFB	“I’m in love with her.”
May 18, 2023 23:59	Thirteen: London, Friday, October 13, 1899	58.5%	#FFB	Then you are far too easily destructible,”
May 18, 2023 20:52	Tête-à-Tête: London, August 1896	53.6%	#FFB	“But I remember the people who look at me the way you do.”
May 18, 2023 18:36	Ailuromancy: Concord, Massachusetts, October 1902	51.0%	#FFB	“On people. The past stays on you the way powdered sugar stays on your fingers. Some people can get rid of it but it’s still there, the events and things that pushed you to where you are now. I can … well, read isn’t the right word, but it’s not the right word for what Poppet does with the stars, either.”
May 18, 2023 18:36	Ailuromancy: Concord, Massachusetts, October 1902	51.0%	#FFB	“The past is easier,” Widget says. “It’s already there.”
May 18, 2023 18:35	Ailuromancy: Concord, Massachusetts, October 1902	50.0%	#FFB	“It’s not easy to explain,” she starts. “I see things before they happen. I saw you coming, not long before you got there. And I don’t always see details well, but when I saw you I knew what your name was, like knowing that your scarf is blue.”
May 18, 2023 18:33	Ailuromancy: Concord, Massachusetts, October 1902	49.2%	#FFB	“Poppet,” Bailey repeats. “The fortune-teller told me that, but I didn’t realize it was your name.”
May 18, 2023 18:31	In Loving Memory of Tara Burgess: Glasgow, April 1895	48.1%	#FFB	“We are fish in a bowl, dear,”
May 18, 2023 18:31	In Loving Memory of Tara Burgess: Glasgow, April 1895	48.1%	#FFB	“Very carefully monitored fish. Watched from all angles. If one of us floats to the top, it was not accidental. And if it was an accident, I worry that the watchers are not as careful as they should be.”
May 18, 2023 18:28	Movement: Munich, April 1895	46.9%	#FFB	“I prefer to remain unenlightened, to better appreciate the dark.”
May 18, 2023 18:26	Temporary Places: London, April 1895	45.8%	#FFB	She does not see the train.
May 18, 2023 01:10	Cartomancy: Concord, Massachusetts, October 1902	43.0%	#FFB	“Is … is she here still?” Bailey asks. “I only met her once, the last time the circus was here.”
May 17, 2023 21:58	The Magician’s Umbrella: Prague, March 1894	40.4%	#FFB	Almost immediate, I would think.”
May 17, 2023 01:06	Collaborations: September–December 1893	37.9%	#FFB	“You are a disappointment, I expected better from you. You need to do more.”
May 16, 2023 21:55	Chaperoned: Cairo, November 1890	32.5%	#FFB	They follow Celia happily as she leads them back to the courtyard.	If this Tournament continue, will these two be the next competitors?
May 16, 2023 21:53	Chaperoned: Cairo, November 1890	32.0%	#FFB	“Do you often see things in the stars?”
May 16, 2023 21:53	Chaperoned: Cairo, November 1890	32.0%	#FFB	“Only sometimes,” Poppet says. “Widge sees things on people.”
May 14, 2023 23:16	Auditory: London, April 1886	20.3%	#FFB	“I do not mind,” Celia says. “One of his tricks did not go entirely as planned.”
May 14, 2023 23:15	Auditory: London, April 1886	19.6%	#FFB	“Your father is Prospero the Enchanter?”
May 14, 2023 23:14	Auditory: London, April 1886	19.1%	#FFB	She is radiant. For a moment, while they look at each other, he cannot remember what he is meant to be doing, or why she is handing him a piece of paper with the number twenty-three written on it in his own handwriting
May 14, 2023 21:19	Condolences: New York, March 1885	16.9%	#FFB	What is left of Hector Bowen reads the note and laughs delightedly.
May 14, 2023 21:09	Truth or Dare: Concord, Massachusetts, September 1897	14.3%	#FFB	She bites her lip for a second and looks thoughtful, and then she pulls off one of her white gloves and hands it to him through the bars
May 14, 2023 21:06	Truth or Dare: Concord, Massachusetts, September 1897	13.2%	#FFB	Everything was magical. And it seemed to go on forever. None of the pathways ended, they curved into others or circled back to the courtyard.
May 14, 2023 21:04	Truth or Dare: Concord, Massachusetts, September 1897	12.8%	#FFB	“Dare” is marginally more defiant. Even if he is humoring her, at least he isn’t a coward.
May 14, 2023 21:04	Truth or Dare: Concord, Massachusetts, September 1897	12.8%	#FFB	“Bailey’s dare is to break into the Night Circus.”
May 14, 2023 21:03	Truth or Dare: Concord, Massachusetts, September 1897	12.7%	#FFB	He is always on the low branches. Not for fear of heights but for where he ranks in the group, when he is even allowed to be a part of it
May 14, 2023 14:23	Target Practice: London, December 1884	12.3%	#FFB	Marco.
May 14, 2023 13:49	False Pretenses: July–November 1884	11.0%	#FFB	fled an arranged marriage, that’s why you’re in London. Why did you not tell me?”
May 14, 2023 13:46	False Pretenses: July–November 1884	10.7%	#FFB	“You need the practice,” he repeats. “Your control is still lacking.”
May 14, 2023 13:37	False Pretenses: July–November 1884	10.3%	#FFB	They see her as a thing, a bridge to their lost loved ones that they so desperately cling to.
May 14, 2023 13:36	Le Bateleur: London, May–June 1884	10.0%	#FFB	only young lovers kissing in the rain.
May 13, 2023 19:10	Le Bateleur: London, May–June 1884	8.5%	#FFB	“Marco,” he says. “Marco Alisdair
May 13, 2023 19:08	Magic Lessons: 1875–1880	7.8%	#FFB	“An obligation you already had, and a person you will not meet for some time. The details are not important at this point. This is merely a necessary technicality.”
May 13, 2023 19:07	Magic Lessons: 1875–1880	7.4%	#FFB	The boy applauds as well when Prospero the Enchanter takes his final bow.
May 13, 2023 19:06	Magic Lessons: 1875–1880	7.0%	#FFB	“Living things have different rules,”
May 13, 2023 19:06	Magic Lessons: 1875–1880	7.0%	#FFB	“You need to understand your limitations so you can overcome them. You do want to win, don’t you?”
May 13, 2023 19:05	Magic Lessons: 1875–1880	6.5%	#FFB	Once a month, a man who does not speak is brought in to cut his hair. Once a year, the same man takes measurements for new clothing.
May 13, 2023 19:04	Shades of Grey: London, January 1874	6.1%	#FFB	“There aren’t enough books here. I’ve read all of them already.”
May 13, 2023 19:02	A Gentlemen’s Wager: London, October 1873	5.7%	#FFB	“It’s not a real name,” she says. “Not one that he’s carried with him always. It’s one he wears like his hat. So he can take it off if he wants. Like Prospero is for you.”
May 13, 2023 19:00	A Gentlemen’s Wager: London, October 1873	5.0%	#FFB	Her momentary glee at the adjustment is crushed by the pain that follows as the ring continues to close around her finger, the metal burning into her skin
May 13, 2023 18:59	A Gentlemen’s Wager: London, October 1873	4.7%	#FFB	“She’ll either grow out of it or learn to control it. It’s a minor issue.”
May 13, 2023 18:30	A Gentlemen’s Wager: London, October 1873	4.2%	#FFB	“Celia, this is Alexander.”
May 13, 2023 18:26	A Gentlemen’s Wager: London, October 1873	3.9%	#FFB	The audience cannot tell the difference beyond knowing that I am better at it.”
May 13, 2023 18:23	A Gentlemen’s Wager: London, October 1873	3.8%	#FFB	“You despised every minute, I can tell,” Hector Bowen says with a laugh. “I was watching you, don’t try to deny it.”
May 13, 2023 18:07	Unexpected Post: New York, February 1873	3.2%	#FFB	Prospero the Enchanter’s immediate reaction upon meeting his daughter is a simple declaration of: “Well, fuck.”
May 13, 2023 18:07	Unexpected Post: New York, February 1873	3.2%	#FFB	Hector Bowen.
May 13, 2023 18:06	Unexpected Post: New York, February 1873	2.9%	#FFB	this is the first envelope addressed to him that contains a suicide note, and it is also the first to arrive carefully pinned to the coat of a five-year-old girl.
May 13, 2023 18:06	Part I: Primordium	2.6%	#FFB	A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
May 13, 2023 18:04	Anticipation	2.0%	#FFB	Le Cirque des Rêves
May 13, 2023 18:03	Anticipation	1.6%	#FFB	It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.

Circulation

Date	Activity	Details	Library
May 13, 2023 18:01	Tagged	🧾	York County Libraries
May 13, 2023 18:01	Borrowed		York County Libraries