| 单词 | circus |
| 例句 | He looked for her at the circus during his two subsequent visits during proper nighttime hours, but he had not been able to find her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I get afraid when I see the gymnasts at a circus, sailing from bar to bar high above the ground, with no net to save them if they fall. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Something about the circus stirs their souls, and they ache for it when it is absent. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Everyone at every table is talking about the circus—those who can talk, that is. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Like at the circus, everyone secretly wants to see someone go splat. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z That night, as he was resting two feet beneath me, I came to the conclusion that I had to step into the circus ring again. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “A puppet I can build and take with me when I join the circus?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z While the temple has at least a dozen doors along its walls, Poppet immediately finds one that leads back out into the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Negroes and whites are not allowed to share water fountains, movie houses, public restrooms, ballparks, phone booths, circus shows. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The video store is David’s favorite place, better than the circus, the fair, or even the beach. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “She is bending herself into knots in your precious circus.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “So you don’t catch something and miss the circus,” she says. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “I think a great many things about the circus strange,” Tara says, fidgeting with the lace at the cuff of her sleeve. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Her rooms are modest in comparison to others hidden behind the circus tents, but they are filled with books and well-worn furniture. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “This reminds me of the circus, Robin,” she said as she picked her way over the taut ropes of the tents. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Other patrons pass by on their way from one part of the circus to another, too absorbed in their conversations to notice him contemplating a postcard-size tag by the side of a tent. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The author writes about the circus with stunning specificity. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There are no performers save the band, as it is difficult to hire entertainment to impress a gathering that is comprised predominantly of circus members. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The circus is always particularly festive on All Hallows’ Eve. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Just sitting there on a rock watching the circus pull away. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Do you think they ever have anything to do with the animals—before they meet them in the circus?” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Like the rapid loss of air from a circus balloon. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going to the circus, if you would care to join me,” Bailey says, his voice dull. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The chill breeze that has circled through the open paths of the circus stops. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Could they find the circus again and travel south and then pitch a permanent camp somewhere? Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Herr Thiessen places it in his coat pocket along with his ticket and his saved francs, and takes his first steps into the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And more than that, it feels as though the Bailey who entered the circus was an entirely different person than the one leaving it now, with a silver ticket in his pocket. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Meeting up with Poppet and Widget almost as soon as the circus opens each evening has become a nightly routine. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He thinks about the circus frequently, often as he works, and it begins to have an influence upon his work. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I want to be in a circus,” he said. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z When she worked at the famous circus, Stella had to balance on a pedestal for her most difficult trick. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z It was like a circus—just one of a whole other kind. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The circus must go on, even with war beginning within the hour... Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z “The entire circus moved by a single train?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Emily waited for James to double over in laughter or compare her family to a traveling circus, but all he did was shrug and say, “That sounds cool. My dad travels a lot, too.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “All I know I heard from Golan, that night in the icehouse. He said they gave you away to a traveling circus?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She carries it with her always though she has a separate deck for circus readings, a custom-made version in black and white and shades of grey. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Right now the circus is in need of a new caretaker,” Marco says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I wanted to give you the spare copies of the circus plans. They are around here somewhere.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Anywhere. Away from the circus, away from Alexander and your father.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Bread, circuses, and something to worship are all they need,” the senator concluded, regretting in his conscience that there should be a lack of bread. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He watches the clock by the gates for some time before he departs the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At that time Aureliano Segundo postponed any appointments in order to be with Meme, to take her to the movies or the circus, and he spent the greater part of his idle time with her. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z After the circus departed, he wrote down every detail he could remember about it so it would not fade in his memory. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “At my old circus we always got up when it was still dark and then we had breakfast and we walked in a circle. And then they chained my feet up, and that really hurt.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Poppet and Widget are the youngest of the guests, being the same age as the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “The circus could continue, after this challenge is...concluded,” Celia says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There are simply hundreds of disheveled men staring in bafflement at the pitched tents of another circus. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The only movement within the circus is the clock that ticks by the passing minutes, if such a wonder of sculpture can even be called a clock. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z "Who on earth can take this circus seriously?" she said crossly. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z There are fewer Circus Dinners now that the circus itself is up and running properly, gaining its self-sufficiency, as Chandresh phrased it at one dinner not long after opening night. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It is not difficult to locate his destination, as several townspeople are walking in the same direction, and once they pass out of town and into the fields, the circus cannot be missed. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I’m reminded of the circus routine in which an apparently endless stream of clowns comes out of a tiny car. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Perhaps because of the months he spent absorbed in working on the clock itself, the circus feels familiar, comfortable. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They look weird, stretched out, as if distorted through some sort of circus mirror. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z While he catalogued each element of the circus in shaky handwriting, he could not manage to record his encounter with the red-haired girl. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The lights went off for a flashlight show, little rings of light twirling around, once again like something from the circus. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As if he’d been a circus beast trained to behave like a domesticated creature, the mammoth dog left the dead man’s side and slipped out of our car through the opposite rear window. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He wonders if he accepted the dare, in part, to return to the circus sooner. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Scythe Goodall’s orange-and-blue-striped robe made her look more like a circus clown than a scythe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Mr Wormwood's fine crop of black hair was now a dirty silver, the colour this time of a tightrope-walker's tights that had not been washed for the entire circus season. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Discovering, while scuffling with an enemy at a circus, that adults would give quarters to fighting kids to pacify them, Louie declared a truce with the enemy and they cruised around staging brawls before strangers. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z "Ain't the circus," he says, spitting a big gob on the step. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z It was more like listening to circus music than to talk. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He told Father Rachel would have to have the circus mission where they cut her so she wouldn’t want to run around with people’s husbands. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Lainie is in Dublin, with the circus,” Tara says, turning her attention to the contents of the room. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Isobel turns her attention back to Celia, and then she pulls a deck from her bag; not her black-and-white circus cards but her original Marseilles deck, worn and faded. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “First, the bonfire needs to be lit. That will...power half the circus.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Most of them are talking about the circus, and that’s okay. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Pages and pages of observations, recounting his experiences, mostly so he will not forget them but also to capture something of the circus on paper, something he can hold on to. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There weren’t even enough customers to put on the circus. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Since I’d been lucky enough to see a hippopotamus in a touring circus in Austin, maybe my wishes weren’t so outlandish. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “And how will Herr Thiessen know where the circus is headed?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to visit the circus ever again. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Just before the road into the park, there was a small general store, its one plate glass window cluttered with signs for circuses, garage sales, and church suppers. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z You stand in the fading light, the scarf around your neck pulled up against the chilly evening breeze, waiting to see for yourself exactly what kind of circus only opens once the sun sets. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It seems a lifetime ago that he walked to the circus, though it was only a few hours. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z After Uncle Al has made his selections, our workmen tear down all of the other circus’s tents except for the stable and menagerie. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Even in countries where chimp flesh is not eaten, mothers may be shot so that hunters can steal their babies and sell them—for pets, for zoos and circuses, or for medical research. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “Yes,” Bailey answers, wondering if absolutely everyone in the circus knows who he is. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Attempting to reconcile the fact that everything that has happened with the circus, with Marco, has been part of the game. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z By the time Herr Thiessen departs the circus, motivated solely by exhaustion, he is completely and utterly besotted. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Didn’t we dare you to sneak into the circus the last time it was here, Bailey?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Is your family taking you to the circus this weekend?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The Panic of 1907 destroyed his Wild West and forced him to hire himself out to circuses. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A gate slides up, and I enter the enormous belly of a circus, the space lit up with hundreds of dangling bulbs. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The entrance to this circus triggers the same sort of fear—stepping into the black unknown, beyond which is something dangerous. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Just what significance circuses had for her, I was never able to learn. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Most people don’t recognize me outside of the circus,” Celia says as he takes her hand. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z That there is more going on with the circus than most people are privy to. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z If you are a circus elephant and you stand on your hind legs while a dog jumps on your head, you get a treat. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The circus arrives near London for the first visit in some time, and the afternoon before it opens there is a knock on the door of Marco’s flat. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Is this a police station or a circus?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The master of ceremonies made the introductions with the flare of a circus ringmaster asking the audience to direct its attention please to the center ring. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “We need you to take over the circus.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Marcus hardly knew how to deal with the aftermath of that fateful day at the circus. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Seeing Rabbit’s face under the streetlights, Cal knew what the watchers at the circus would look like. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The bonfire will provide him with a connection to the circus, even though he is not entirely certain how well it will work. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I do not believe any of us have since the circus started,” Tsukiko says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He can feel the circus all around him, as though it hangs on him like mist, like he could reach out and touch the iron fence despite the distance from it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was like a circus and a carnival mixed together, except with no animals and no rides, though you could definitely buy light-up swords and cotton candy. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “No. It’s really too late to change the choreography. But never fear. The circuses will be marvelous! Ah...not the modern sort of circus, mind you. That would require clowns, and I hate clowns.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z "Like for the circus, or movies, or something like that." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “Circles of the circus. To...to keep an eye on things. You do want to come with us, don’t you?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Children are dragged away with promises that they may return the next evening, though the circus will not be there the next evening and later those children will feel slighted and betrayed. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The tents look surprisingly old and worn in the light, and he wonders how long the circus has been traveling, and where it goes when it leaves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Beyond that she appears to be just a young woman in a blue coat, wandering the circus as any other patron might. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Otherwise, she looks like any other patron at the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “You need some cheering,” Widget says as they return to the din of the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But they are all rêveurs, each in their own way, even those who only have the means to visit the circus when it comes to them, rather than the other way around. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The tents sit quiet and dark, as the circus will not be open to the public until the following evening. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She feels the entirety of the circus radiating around her, as though a net has been thrown over it, trapping everything within the iron fence, fluttering like a butterfly. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Celia feels it before she hears the applause echoing from the courtyard, the shift that suddenly spreads through the circus like a wave. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Perhaps I would become a circus mouse after all. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z His smile looked like something out of a toothpaste commercial, even though the rest of him looked like something out of a circus. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z They fit like a bunch of circus clowns packed into a Beetle. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “What! What? You’ll put him in your hateful circus to be killed?’ Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Big old grasshopper body, like a stilt- walking circus guy. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z "Where did you learn swordsmanship, in the circus?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The night before had been Bailey’s first proper introduction to the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Here’s hoping they ran off to join the circus,” Mama said to Ophie, the first words she’d uttered since her reprimand earlier in the afternoon. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z And he repeated the old words: “If they was a circus or a baseball game . . . . we would of went to her . . . . jus’ said ‘ta hell with work,’ an’ went to her. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s nothing in the papers about a circus.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He wonders if he should take a nap, but he is far too excited about the sudden appearance of the circus to possibly sleep. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then he went to the chestnut tree, thinking about the circus, and while he urinated he tried to keep on thinking about the circus, but he could no longer find the memory. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He waits, watching the closed iron gates, wondering if the circus will be different than he remembers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “No apology is necessary. I should have guessed you were not merely a rêveur from the way you wrote about the circus. You know every corner, better than most.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z If they weren’t careful he would run away and join a circus. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Now I’m one step away from being a bum—a circus worker who has disgraced himself not once, but twice, in as many days. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “It serves several purposes. Primarily, it is my connection to the circus, but it also functions as a safeguard of a sort. I neglected the fact that it does not cover those outside the fence.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Dozens of beady eyes stared back at him from the line of stuffed circus animals on sale. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Only then does she navigate her way through nearly empty pathways to find the latest addition to the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The circus has arrived near London, the train creeping in just after nightfall without drawing any notice. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Julius Secundus ruled well, and it was in his time that the circus began to play a less prominent part in the life of Rome. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z When they arrived at the arena, it looked deserted: no concert or game or circus happening today. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “So you can see bits of the circus without having to pick a tent to go into, just wandering around.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She jumps from one to another like a nervous circus horse. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Her voice was the bellow of a bull, a deep and powerful shout with flat edges like a circus barker’s voice. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z When he leaves his flat in the early afternoon to find something to eat, the streets are already buzzing with the news: a strange circus has appeared overnight, just west of the city. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z When she emerged, she saw James studying the circus poster. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She changed it a few days ago, and when my grandfather saw it, he shook his head anti asked if she was working for the circus. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z They know every inch of the circus, moving from color to black and white with ease. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Pardon me for interrupting your extended circus metaphor, but what the hell is that?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z They were living with a circus for a day or so. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “That it’s possible to be against the circus, not because you’re afraid to die there, but because it’s wicked and wrong.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Did Chandresh really insist that all the fire in the circus be white so it would match the color scheme?” she asks after a moment. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “A carnival ain’t a circus, but it’s still something. And it is mostly fun. There’s rides and games.” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Only a handful of people on this train have any idea how integral I am to the running of the circus,” she says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The thought of spinning in circles in front of all my idiot cousins makes me want to run away from home and join the circus. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The circus itself feels far away, even though he stands within it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Herr Thiessen enjoys this immensely, being surrounded by kindred spirits from all over Europe, and occasionally even farther, who will discuss the circus endlessly. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They do speak of the circus, but spend most of the meal discussing books and art, wine and favorite cities. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Bailey asks, indicating the steady stream of circus patrons that continues to wander by, completely ignoring them. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Maddie said it was like having a ringside seat at the circus. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z And for reasons Bailey cannot quite put words to, he is walking toward the circus with a considerable amount of determination. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Stella told me that some circuses move from town to town. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z He had them giggling like kids at the circus. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Even what little ground is visible from outside is black or white, painted or powdered, or treated with some other circus trick. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Dessert consists mainly of a gargantuan tiered cake shaped to resemble circus tents and frosted in stripes, the filling within a bright shock of raspberry cream. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Miss Love laughed, too, but uneasy—like at the circus when the man puts his head in the tiger’s mouth and you giggle when what you want to do is cover your eyes. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z As everyone talked about Kerry, the mood in the car was fizzy and fun, like we were going to the circus, not a funeral. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Our house was a combination three-ring circus and zoo, complete with ongoing action, daring feats, music, and animals. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t believe this! After the Hartford fire and Hagenbeck-Wallace wreck, that’s probably the most famous circus disaster of all time.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z But at the very least, the place wouldn’t be a complete circus. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He writes a letter to M. Lefèvre upon his return, to thank him for giving his clock such a wondrous home and for the experience of the circus itself. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z No other human reaction was seen in him until one October eleventh, when he went to the street door to watch a circus parade. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z At the top of the stairs they reach a black platform, where everything is endlessly dark save for a circus worker in a white suit who is guiding patrons inside. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “It is easier for those who can simply disappear into the circus,” Tara says, gazing out the window. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It didn’t take the media long to find out we were home and make a three-ring circus out of it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Said it’s bad ’nough that our last name sound like something out of a circus, so she wasn’t ’bout to give her firstborn child no clown’s name. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Every element of the circus blends together in a wonderful coalescence. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Maybe she was off on another three-day jaunt to Mississippi, or temporarily joining the circus. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He was like a circus performer who liked to set plates spinning: If things got too calm, he took it as a sign that there was more to do. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I have already mentioned our rhinoceros-and-goat herd, and the case of circus lions. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Does this mean the circus is part of the challenge?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Mathew Carey took up the story: “Of these, one crawled out on the commons, where he died....Two died in the circus.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “Anything. Go to college. Join the circus. Live naked in a tepee. Whatever. Just nothing involving snakes or poison, though.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z It was James who sighted the circus ahead, set up on a fallow field. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “I started to stop loving him that day at the circus. He’s cruel, and the things he does, and allows, are terrible and wrong. I can’t love him now, even if he is my father.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z She went on to regale them with stories about circus life—hanging from trapezes, leaping through flaming hoops, getting shot from cannons—until gradually Sticky cheered up, and the matter of parents was dropped. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Could we talk about the fat woman at the circus and she had hair all over her chin?” begged Isidor Feinberg, reminiscently. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z “You promised to take me to a circus, remember?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just a few minor details about the circus.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “The circus is simply a circus,” he says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Knowing that she thinks of the circus as an exhibition comes as a pleasant surprise, as he had stopped considering it antagonistic years ago. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Celia has never spoken with either of the Burgess sisters at much length—Lainie is more talkative than Tara—and tonight she learns in greater detail the touches that they have put on the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Bailey. Enjoy the rest of your time at the circus.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “The Romans always wanted bread and circuses—food and entertainment! As we destroy their city, I will offer them both. Behold, a sample!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Bolted, as if I was some kind of circus freak. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hot but not enough to burn, so I walked on it a piece, arms spread-eagle, balancing with my fishing pole like a tightrope-walker at the circus. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Stella used to perform in a large and famous circus, and she still does some of those tricks for our show. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “It was like being in a circus,” said Burke. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z A rather unusual circus, only open at night. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He had assumed it was a thing born of the circus itself. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The circus people stood around and waved and made jokes. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Around the rustic table placed in the center of a patched circus tent where the delegates sat were the last officers who were faithful to Colonel Aureliano Buendía. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Perhaps the only advantage I have is that she does not know who I am. She only has the circus to react to and I have you to watch her.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There are many such nods to the phenomenon of the circus in a historical sense, though it is hardly a traditional circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They tell him stories of the circus and of other rêveurs. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was not the responsibility, or the pain, or the patients, or the politics, or the masses of information tumbling and reeling in her head like cars on a circus ride. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “There is quite a bit to keep in order with the circus, as you know.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He has become something of an expert at sneaking back into his house without waking anyone, so he has been staying at the circus later and later each night. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The man in the grey suit slips easily through the crowd of circus patrons. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But it is not a circus, not a rodeo. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He has never attended the circus before, and he appears to be enjoying himself. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Though any night at the circus can rightfully be called magical,” Herr Friedrick Thiessen once wrote, “All Hallows’ Eve is something special. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Clothes, vacations, plastic surgery, telescopes, traveling circuses, radioactive spiders, trips to the moon, and then the suggestions got weird. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z They tell of how they found the circus, how those first few steps were like magic. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He does not feel confined, only separate, as though he and Celia are overlapping the circus, rather than contained within it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They walk together to the circus afterward, past red-roofed buildings glowing in the dying light, going their separate ways only once they reach the courtyard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It would be something to live in a circus, Dicey thought, always moving around, always heading for somewhere new. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “So the competition will begin when the circus opens, then?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Granted, Miss New Hampshire. Please try to keep it clean. Not all of us were raised in a traveling RV of foul-mouthed circus folk.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Mr. Barris is relieved when she accepts the invitation to join him for dinner, and even more so when she agrees to extend her stay in Switzerland before catching up with the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Tara remarks that they seem to have more productive post-dinner meetings when he is there, though he offers only occasional suggestions as to how the circus itself should be regulated. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He would deliberately turn the affair into a three- ring circus. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z During the entire period of my relationship with her, she had but one demand to make of me: She wanted me to take her to a circus. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “What kind of circus is only open at night?” people ask. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But I shouldn’t complain, this being circus day and all. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The letter mentions nothing of the current location of the circus or anything about it coming to Germany, much to Herr Thiessen’s disappointment. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “You mean she wasn’t even with a circus?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z His mother mentions the circus, or more specifically, the influx of people it will bring. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He occasionally converses about the circus with his fellow pub dwellers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z If they’re willing to accept me and my guilty conscience, why the hell shouldn’t I run away with the circus? Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Just a simple little party with a circus afterward for her darlings—her jewels. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “That clock was made by someone outside the circus? Really?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I was full of confusion and upset and jangling pans and silverware, sounded like a whole circus show. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Mrs. Lonogan steadied herself by gripping the table, as if Finn had just declared his intention to train unicorns for the fairy circus. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Do you have the plans for the circus here?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Except the times when she wears one of Grandma’s Floating Dresses, she usually dresses like a black-and-white movie, not a circus. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The matter is considered settled for the moment, and throughout dessert and after-dinner drinks, the only subject discussed is the circus itself. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They were speechless at the sight of this traveling circus. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Poor baby. She was in that truck for days. Mack bought her from a circus, the same way he bought me, but she hadn’t been there long. She was born in the wild, like us.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The circus is preparing for a stretch near London, having recently departed Dublin, so there are a handful of performers present. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He thinks, also, that by simply wandering the circus he might improve his chances of happening upon the red-haired girl. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “There is a circus in town,” she said stoutly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It is just for the sake of the boys, Mr Joseph Hooper thought, for he shifted in his uncomfortable seat and was bored with the circus. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He arrives in Dresden on September 28, and spends the day wandering the outskirts of the city, wondering where the circus might set up. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It seriously looks like the circus is setting up in town. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Do you not have to do any more, uh, circus things?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Playing at that stupid circus, staying out all night. Grow up, Bailey.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He decides to walk into the circus, through the courtyard with the bonfire and out the other side, and then attempt to work his way back. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I will do what I can to prevent the circus from going up in smoke. I shall fireproof it as much as possible. Is that enough for now?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Close to dawn, when the circus is emptying, they are taken for a walk around the tents and into the courtyard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Bailey asks, though the thought pops into his head that the contortionist might be referring to the circus itself. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The tree is easy enough to climb, and the limb closest to the circus wide enough to manage until he gets closer to the fence. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There was a poster in its window advertising Will’s circus. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Kate dreamed she was back in the circus, being fired from a cannon. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Big Ma said, “That’s not how I raised you two—telling your elders what you want and don’t want. Just as unmannerly as a seal on strike at the circus.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Shortly before sunset Herr Thiessen heads west, finding the circus easily as there is a large crowd assembled outside already. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Oh, I know. You think the circus cruel. Well, just between us, so it is, but that is what keeps the people entertained.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The pitiful sounds coming from the circus and the sight of dead fever victims did not exactly “dispel the gloom” of the households nearby. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “You have work to do if you expect this circus to endure,” Tsukiko says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She snapped a needle from a cactus and with the slapstick pantomime of a circus clown pretended to pick her teeth with it. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Bailey climbs the oak tree to retrieve his hidden box before sunset, gazing down at the circus that sits bathed in deep orange light, casting long pointed shadows across the field. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Those are records for the circus,” Marco says, without looking at the book. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z To Bailey’s surprise, there are almost a dozen rêveurs waiting in the restaurant downstairs, some who will be following the circus and others who are remaining in Boston. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “But there’s no circus in town, I tell you!” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The coat was so big for him that it looked as though he were draped in a furry black circus tent. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z When the Crash came, larger circuses started going down and Uncle Al could hardly believe his luck. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “She was in the peculiar position of being involved in all this but not within the circus itself,” Celia says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z This story is the safety net above which he swoops and dives like a brilliant clown in a bankrupt circus. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Personally, I been dodging that woman like a contagious disease ever since that circus show in class. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “When...um, when the circus was here last time and I, well...” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Something about commissioning a piece for the circus, he was quite enthused about it before he left.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z If he got the angle wrong he’d likely break his leg, but that would be only a minor problem that could be dealt with, and then at least he would be inside the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “No,” I say, and there isn’t—not unless she can deliver me to the circus or the circus to me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z And he ran and jumped onto the ring, the way acrobats do in a circus, meaning to pull himself up. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z It was as if the incident at the circus, which had so shamed him, had brought him on in some subtle way. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He must have rolled all of the clay into one long pink coil and looped it once, twice around his shoulders like a circus performer's boa. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Leather masks in white and black and silver with ribbon ties are set in baskets by the gates and around the circus for patrons to wear, should they wish. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It only now strikes Bailey that, other than the red-haired girl, he has never heard any person in the circus speak. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I suppose you’ll want to go to the circus this afternoon?” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “I tried to speak with you at Herr Thiessen’s funeral, but you left before I could find you, and then you took the circus across the ocean. You’ve been avoiding me.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Over a glass of burgundy, the winemaker suggests that Friedrick might enjoy the circus that is in town, set up in a field a few miles away. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There are fewer patrons wandering the circus at this hour, and as they walk Bailey notices that many of them are wearing red scarves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “That was a long time ago. Anyway, I’ve had a fine life. The circus has been good to me.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z To visit the circus again, if only in their minds, when they are unable to attend it physically. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “So is that what you tell everyone? That your arms were torn off in a circus accident?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Left to its own devices, it had grown knotted and wild, like a circus whose animals had forgotten their tricks. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It is impressive and unusual news, the sudden appearance of a mysterious circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It sounded like a circus or a carnival the way he said it. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z When they do begin to say their goodbyes, Celia is embraced no differently than anyone else, and given several invitations to meet for tea while the circus remains in London. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Each of us manipulating the circus? How long will it go on?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The rooms hidden behind the multitude of tents in Le Cirque des Rêves are a stark contrast to the black and white of the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A circus could not survive if it blew its route. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She thought the Witch mint be someone out of a circus and she did not approve of bare arms. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Tucked in between old woolen socks and pants were mementoes: circus bills, a dance card, penny postcards, a few photos. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “If you don’t come with us, there won’t be any more circus. And don’t ask me why, they don’t tell me why.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “What is it you like about a circus?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t say anything, but I saw the peak of her tent collapse from the cluster where it had stood like a circus pulling up for the next town. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z We fixed our eyes on the television, on Mr. Sullivan, who introduced a circus act involving monkeys that rode tiny scooters across a high wire. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “There are already countless elements in this circus that are collaborative,” she says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Boots was confused in people’s minds with Brute, the most ferocious man-eater ever seen in the circus. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Marcus had already given him hints that the reason Aurelia had never been to the circus was because her father feared she was too sensitive—not a quality appropriate to an emperor’s daughter. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I find I think of myself not as a writer so much as someone who provides a gateway, a tangential route for readers to reach the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “The company of the circus is fairly large but they all talk about each other,” Celia says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Even when they brought the ice they did not advertise it for its usefulness in the life of man but as a simple circus curiosity. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He told a Harvard colleague he was “anxious to get this whole Indian circus off my hands.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “That’s likely why I was sent to work for Chandresh, so I would already be involved. The circus is the venue.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z After she has stood for more than an hour, as still as one of the circus statues, a man in a grey suit approaches her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Mata, I don’t want to go to the circus, but Pata says l am to go on my birthday, whether I want to or not.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “And has it—I mean, has circus life helped, then? You haven’t ever missed your parents?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z And that’s not all—apparently he told someone who worked for the circus that he used to carry water for the elephants, and they upgraded his ticket to a ringside seat! Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He follows her as she walks through the mazelike tunnel, moving deeper into the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I thought it might be easier if you doubted him. And I gave you a year to find a way for the circus to continue without you. You have not. I am stepping in.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He could smell only the reek of other unhappy, confined creatures, and sometimes—when the circus was in progress above him—the strong scent of blood, that nearly drove Brute mad. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Someone inside the bounds of the circus rather than outside, but still involved. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z His other dreams were all of the circus. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z It is the best solution he can come up with, knowing that in a few weeks the circus will be hundreds of miles away, leaving him alone in London. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It is not terribly late, the night is fairly young in circus terms, but the silence is already heavy. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “They’re rêveurs. Some of them follow the circus around. They always stay later than other people. The red is how they identify each other.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It is quicker than Bailey expected, the moment that shifts from fire to twilight, and then the circus lights begin flickering on, all over the tents. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Though he fears he never does the circus justice in these clockwork tributes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z One night there I attended a performance at a family circus that was touring the Andes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The guest list is exclusive; only members of the circus and some select and special guests are in attendance. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She feels like a circus clown who wakes up one morning and no longer wants to glue on the red rubber nose. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z How there is a society of sorts that keeps track of the movement of the circus, notifying other rêveurs so they might travel from destination to destination. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There had been that moment, at the circus—seeing him disgraced in all eyes but hers—when she had warmed to him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Even by the third try I resembled a circus clown. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The road was crowded and there were screens of corn-stalk and straw matting on both sides and matting over the top so that it was like the entrance at a circus or a native village. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “What would happen to the two of you, if the circus...stopped?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “We are but poor circus performers,” the Sicilian explained. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z A rush of wind howls across the space, rattling the circus gates. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He painted circus people and some dancers who look like they are standing in smog. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z They are on what they call an extended circus holiday, following Le Cirque des Rêves around to as many locations as they can manage. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I could not talk to her; I merely listened to her passionate desire to see a circus. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Florence, who smoked the cigarette in the circus, had a hard cough. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There was so much confusion and shouting, and the music made it seem like a bizarre circus. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Chandresh just hired her to be the illusionist for the circus.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Perhaps you will thank him for his very singular circus, and perhaps that will suffice. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Being with that man was like walking the circus tightrope. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The goings-on of the circus are dutifully reported, but with such matter-of-fact precision that he cannot picture it in the richness of detail that he desires. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z You might get the idea that they howled truth and beauty the way a seal bites out the National Anthem on a row of circus horns. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Probably the circus was pretty stupid taking a booking there, but that wasn’t the point. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Some, though, follow the circus wherever it may lead, through money or luck or extensive favors from other rêveurs. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A steady stream of circus performers comes to see them in between acts, taking turns holding them and inevitably remarking on their exquisite timing. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He tugs a string by the doorway and the movement reverberates throughout the room, the entire model circus sparkling as bits of metal catch the firelight. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Adventures in far-flung cities the circus has visited. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Bailey walks circles around the empty field for some time before he can convince himself that the circus is well and truly gone. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The crowd drew back into the houses; the great tents of the circus had slumped into charcoal and rubble and the show was well over. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z He has only seen the paperwork involved with the circus in passing, hasn’t bothered to scrutinize the details of the thing in years. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He had been keeping her separate from Chandresh and the circus, both to have something of his own and because it seemed appropriate, especially given his instructor’s vague advice about the matter. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “My new game, as you so appropriately call it, is a circus.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I skipped. I skip all the time. It don’t matter. What do I need school for? You don’t need school to join the circus.” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z "Iggy," she says out of the side of her mouth, "come here and tell me is the circus in town or what?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z She was not a beef cruncher or a bearded lady from a Greek circus, as had been said, but the director of a school of voice. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I suppose it’s a form of entertainment, like a show or a circus. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The deep voice sounded like a circus ringmaster announcing the next act. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I see her in the halls, but Poplar Springs is so different from Iqra Academy, like a big, noisy circus where all the performers know each other except me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Can it be blasphemy to hate what’s wicked and cruel? It’s not only Julius. It’s everything. It’s the circus. It’s the animals. It’s the Christians!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z As we passed through cities and villages, we caused a stir equaled only by a circus parade. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z And at the same moment, Celia remains certain, something was put in motion that impacted the entire circus and everyone within it once that fire was lit. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The sensation of being within the circus fades as soon as she has crossed the threshold, and she is suddenly acutely aware of everything in the adjoining room. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z His courage was coming back, and the hateful happening at the circus was fading. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z It is as though the entire circus has faded away into the darkness. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was still cold, but the sun was shining, and her mom was humming that Joni Mitchell song about clouds and circuses. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “My system goes back to the inception of the circus,” Marco says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There is so much that glows in the circus, from flames to lanterns to stars. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They look like those balloon pants the clowns wear in circuses. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the kids laughed like they were watching a circus clown. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “How often are you able to visit the circus?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But what stood out on this gray day was a bright yellow pyramid the size of a circus tent pitched near the base of the elevator. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z We wondered whether she came from a circus — and she said the boy’s surname was to be Riddle. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to go up on stage so people can come gawk at the girl with no arms playing the guitar. I’m not some circus show.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The yellow wisps stood up on end like a circus clown’s, and I wondered how I ever thought she was cute. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, the sweet, sweet sound of circus music. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Then the circus was gone, vanished as suddenly as it had appeared, like a fleeting dream. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Bailey looks out across the field to where the circus tents sit like mountains in the middle of the valley. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “There remain mysteries in the circus even for its own illusionist? That is impressive.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Is this, too, something to do with your visit to the circus?” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z On one of those walks, I came across my father standing not far from a group of fishermen who were untangling knots in a net the size of a circus tent. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Mom used to call it the world’s best traveling circus. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The nature of the circus trainer’s ascendancy is psychological. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z That day’s program opened, as usual, with a parade around the circus ring. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Some are bought to be trained for the circus. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z He wanders through the circus like a man in a dream. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “For important guests, so you don’t have to pay every time you come to the circus. You show it at the booth and they’ll let you in.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She had only wanted to keep the circus balanced. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The circus departs Dresden in late October, but the newspaper editor keeps his word. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Chandresh was more than willing to let him organize the lighting, having already deemed him invaluable to the circus planning with only mild coercion. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “The man in the top flat. Mister Bobo. Fine old circus family, I believe. Romanian or Slovenian or Livonian, or one of those countries. Bless me, I can never remember them anymore.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z It was the Burgess sisters, after all, who originated the tradition of such statues within the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As he continues to walk around the circus, Bailey’s path leads back to the courtyard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “What do you mean? The circus is fine.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “The circus trainers chained her to the floor, Ivan. All four feet. Twenty-three hours a day.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The low orange rays from the sun make everything, including the circus, look as though it is aflame before the light disappears completely. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In the covered tunnel leading out of the circus tent, among the pushing crowd of people, Kingshaw was violently sick. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “It likely has something to do with the fact that I made them. Elements of the circus I had a hand in creating seem to be more tangible.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Taped to the bottom was a hand lettered notice that said that the circus would be in town for two nights only, on the grounds of the elementary school. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “Though I did think it was more likely someone in the circus proper. I should have known it was you.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They repeat this routine in the following evenings, though the circus does not remain in Munich long, once the news arrives from London. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “This is where I seen the circus,” said Burke. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Though Isobel never takes the bracelet off, it is gone when she returns to the circus that evening. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Do you...do you think anything is wrong with the circus?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The light in the circus is dimmer than usual. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “So that’s what the districts are for. To provide the bread and circuses.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The heroine was even more offensive than she had been in the circus musical. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Even when the circus moves it is not extinguished, moved intact from location to location. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “You told Chandresh that Alexander was going to be at the circus that night. You sent him there.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I heard it from Maggie. She was one of the giraffes in my old circus.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z He assumes that free cocoa is a benefit of being a member of the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Something to take your mind off the circus. Don’t you agree?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At the same time, it seems to be more of a reading for the circus as a whole than for Celia in particular, but it is so emotional that it overwhelms the details. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z This bear had been in the circus for a long time. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z This, I told myself, is how a trapeze artist in a circus must feel as he goes swishing through the air high up in the circus tent. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The original conspirators still gather for dinner occasionally, particularly when the circus is performing nearby, but this has become more and more infrequent. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Not for a few hours, at least,” Widget says, as they start off down another pathway through the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Behind them, the circus wagons were loaded up and ready to roll. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Everybody puts on a show in the A train circus, not to mention all the clowns who get on. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z After all, that was what the circus was all about—the power of the strong over the weak, the domination of man over nature, expressed in battle and bloodshed. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z At this late hour there are no patrons lingering in this particular tent, and it is unlikely that any other visitors to the circus will stumble upon it in the remaining hours before dawn. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He thinks there must be a circus train, though there is not one at the nearest station, and as far as he can tell, no one ever sees such a train come or go. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then both of them are gone and the circus is ablaze, flames licking against the tents, twisting up into the rain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Oh, I don’t know, Grandma, we might be terrific in a circus freak show.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “The circus is merely a venue,” he says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z If it was Dicey’s circus, she would go everywhere. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Padva’s costumes and Mr. Barris’s feats of engineering are obvious, the mark of the Burgess sisters is more subtle, though it permeates almost every aspect of the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z One Thursday in March, the circus had come through Humble, Nebraska, like a rogue spring wind, the kind that kicks pollen into the air and sends the shoots up too early. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z By the next morning, he had gotten control of himself: at least he still had his circus friends around him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “I have never met so young a rêveur who clearly feels as strongly toward the circus as those of us who have been following it for years. I want you to have this.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I don’t understand how we are meant to compete when the circus is going to travel, and I must remain in London. I shall have to do everything remotely.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I don’t know why—I worked on circuses for nearly seven years, and if that isn’t fodder for conversation, I don’t know what is. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “It sounds like circus music,” he once said in a joyful mood, and it was one of the liveliest dances ever composed by Johann’s son. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I wanted to speak with you about the circus.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At the age of not quite six, he was not allowed to visit the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The circus knows of them, and appreciates them. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I went to baseball games, to the grocery store, to a movie theater, even to the circus. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “We must invite her to dinner whenever the circus is in town, so we might get to know her better,” Chandresh says pointedly, emphasizing the statement with a satisfied grin. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He had been to the circus, and she had not. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z While he waits with the crowd, he wonders how the circus manages to set up so quickly. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The distance of the circus feels more pronounced despite the tenuous contact through paper and ink. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Social note: A new film featuring my favorite female star, whose recent circus musical excess stunned and overwhelmed me, is opening shortly at one of the downtown movie palaces. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A brilliant name for a comic strip, even though the family in the comic wasn’t much like a circus. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “But nothing. This is no time to satisfy a whim and unravel everything you’ve accomplished. There’ll be enough of a circus, what with the soldiers, FBI, city police, and who knows all.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One poster advertised a circus and showed a lion jumping through a loop. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It is these articles that make Herr Friedrick Thiessen the unofficial leader, the figurehead, of those most ardent followers of the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z So I pedal backward and practice riding no-hands, and I make big figure eights like a circus clown to keep slow pace with him as we go. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It is these aficionados, these rêveurs, who see the details in the bigger picture of the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then, like a small circus tent pulling up its stakes and dropping soft fold on fold, the silks rustled, the mask descended, the silver claws tinkled on the stone path. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z No net to save them as they vaulted through the circus air. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I am the circus freak encased in beeswax. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “You’re so experienced, and you know about the circus—about the animals—and...you could help me to—to get through it without crying and disgracing my father.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Beyond the confines of the circus there seems to be little place for such things, though perhaps that is part of the man’s point. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z After dinner, the conversation continues over coffee and brandy in the parlor, until an hour most of the guests deem extremely late but Tsukiko points out that it is comparatively early for the circus girls. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then the auditorium becomes a circus, with performers doing flips down the aisles and trapeze acrobats twisting and flipping above them. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z They ate the bananas as they approached the circus. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Two days later, on a brilliantly sunny day, the L’Arche family went to the circus. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “But why? Why me? What would I do, just tag along? I’m not like you and Widget, I can’t do anything special. I don’t belong in the circus.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He reached into his shirt pocket and pulled out a calling card, printed with the name of the circus and an address in New York City. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I want to run away with the circus but take a deep breath and stand, crossing my arms, which have grown skinnier in the past few moments, against my newly sunken chest. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z It was so easy to catch this...sickness of loving the circus. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Luckily for the circus trainer, decisions about social rank among higher animals are not always based on brute force. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He had been hoping that somehow the circus train he was not even entirely certain existed would still be there, waiting. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The circus left him behind, sailing forth, and yet he cannot turn away from the shore. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The sign announcing the circus’s closure due to inclement weather clatters in the wind. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The hospital was afraid of a media circus, but the visit was an essential one. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z No circus had ever been held when all the fighting men survived—the crowd wouldn’t be satisfied without a few killings. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z It is an altogether different experience to wander through the circus anonymously. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The sensation is identical to entering the circus, even down to the scent of caramel lingering in the air, but there is something deeper beneath it, something heavy and ancient underlying the paper and string. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The eyes that shone under the green visor were following the heroine and her elephant across the wide screen and into the circus tent. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “And that’s my problem? Just because he comes from the same hippie-dippie flea circus where you grew up doesn’t mean we have to adopt him!” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z At first this festival was held in a big tent, like a circus. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z You spend your last moments at the circus as you wish, for it is your time and yours alone. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Emily waited for James to double over in laughter or compare her family to a traveling circus, but all he did was shrug and say, “That sounds cool. My dad travels a lot, too.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He would have offered to train circus seals if it meant Ana would stop crying. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Celia and Isobel chat about the weather and Prague and books, not purposely avoiding the topic of the circus, but keeping the distance from it alive. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Do you like the circus, Bailey?” she asks, looking up at him again. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In a passage near the back of the circus, which is somewhat wide and filled with only a handful of patrons, Mr. A. H— stops. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Not the greatest specimen,” Mack says, “but I got her cheap from this bankrupt circus out west. They had her shipped over from Africa. Only had her a month before they went bust.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z While the day of waiting was tediously slow, the line to enter the circus moves remarkably fast, and soon Bailey is standing at the ticket booth, purchasing a single admission. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It is interesting to note that the lion that is the most amenable to the circus trainer’s tricks is the one with the lowest social standing in the pride, the omega animal. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I told him, “My ma and pa ain’t ’bout to let me travel with no circus. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z As an aside, that is why a circus trainer must always enter the lion ring first, and in full sight of the lions. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “I only met her once, the last time the circus was here.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As we already know, Mrs Wormwood's hair was dyed a brilliant platinum blonde, very much the same glistening silvery colour as a female tightrope-walker's tights in a circus. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a crying shame, takin’ him around like a circus freak.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as well—I remember all too well what it’s like to work on a circus lot when the weather is foul. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “The entirety of the circus has been suspended to give us more time, so...” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “It is a test of endurance, not skill. I’m attempting to make the circus self-sufficient before...” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Herr Thiessen is amazed at how well his clock fits the circus, and how well the circus fits his clock. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He had thought up various roles in the circus for identical twins to perform once the children were old enough. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The man’s job title was Vice-President for Corporate Relations, and his name was Chuck Muckle, which Curly thought would be more suitable for a circus clown. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “When you gonna take me to a circus?” she demanded suddenly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She cannot even tell if she is moving herself or manipulating the circus around her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He threw his arms out, announcing a state neither of them had been to with the sort of flair reserved for the circus and late-night infomercials. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z They walk in loops around the circus, sipping their cocoa and munching on chocolate mice and the sugary cinnamon pastry things, which are just as good as promised. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Now he looked like some kind of priest come to preach to a group of circus performers. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “How can you checkmate a circus? It doesn’t make any sense.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But the big woman—Gilly could see the pain breaking up the totem-pole stare—Trotter shuddered to her feet like an old circus elephant. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “Oh, yeah. Well, this circus of Kate’s will pop your eyes out. Know what they do?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s difficult to hide when you travel with an entire circus, you know.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “We cannot keep this circus running for thirty-seven years.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z That night I dreamed I was at a circus with him and that he refused to laugh at the clowns no matter what they did. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Kicking the bucket onto its side, she hopped onto it and began rolling it forward with her feet, like a circus bear balancing on a ball. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z You think, as you walk away from Le Cirque des Rêves and into the creeping dawn, that you felt more awake within the confines of the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She knows he cares about the circus, she has never had any reason to doubt that. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “And he will take excellent care of the circus.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Poppet and Widget stand by the circus gates, just out of the way of the ticket booth, though the line for tickets has waned in the late hour. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They look at me with mute interest, as if I am a mildly entertaining side act at a circus. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Perhaps it is a tribute to the origin of the word “circus,” deriving from the Greek kirkos meaning circle, or ring. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I don’t know what I was thinking, letting Mrs. Walton, Pop Pop, and TJ drag me into this circus show. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Joy surges through me when I realize that not only do I remember where I am and who she is but also that it’s circus day. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Do you remember when the circus traveled by train?” says Hazel. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Celia doubts that these gatherings would have continued so long after the circus began without the Burgess sisters’ infectious bubbling laughter. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “It seems a very big decision to me, deciding whether or not to run away and join the circus. Perhaps he did not have enough time to properly consider it.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Her clothes, even though they are her incognito-wear and not her circus costume, seem too fancy. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Though truthfully, I am not here for the circus. I am here to speak with you.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “The circus itself seems a bit different as well. Nothing in particular, only something...” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Hagrid took up two seats and sat knitting what looked like a canary-yellow circus tent. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Did you just say the circus has been good to you?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The entire circus is doused in color as the clock tolls, twelve deep chimes reverberating through the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There are tents, I am certain, that I have not discovered in my many visits to the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He can feel the entirety of the circus as easily as feeling his shirt against his skin. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The same is true of other circus animals and is also seen in zoos. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Rather than a single tent with rings enclosed within, this circus contains clusters of tents like pyramids, some large and others quite small. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It is not publicized, of course, and though some might speculate that the event has something to do with the circus, there is no way to be certain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z ‘That fellow downstairs is a spectacle, all right, and a circus too. But I’m through putting up with him.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It would be more rewarding if it didn’t have the overtones of a circus sideshow. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “Though the hair helps, too, for looking like we don’t belong in a black-and-white circus.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “People see what they want to see. I’m sure this place has had more than its share of unusual patrons with the circus in town. That makes it easier for us to blend in.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Despite his limited experience with the circus, Bailey is amazed that he has never seen this tent before. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Besides, no one truly suspects the infamously black-and-white circus would be associated with an event so full of color. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There was a curtained gateway at each end, like the dramatic hole through which the circus people ride into their arena. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There are those who have the means, and even some who do not but creatively manage anyway, to follow the circus from location to location. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z After five courses and a great deal of wine, Tsukiko allows herself to be persuaded to accept an invitation to perform in a not yet existent circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “And if I tell you this story, you will give me the circus?” he asks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She would make her circus get famous and get jobs in Europe, and maybe even China or Japan. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps he was once in a lab or a circus. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “How lucky we came today! Imagine how excited she must be, to see the circus for the very first time!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z It is quite crowded and Bailey is still surprised that no one pays them much attention, assuming that they are just the same as any group of young circus patrons visiting for the evening. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He slides through the circus like a shadow. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The circus feels strange in the daytime, too quiet. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “And what happens to the circus after the game?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I relay it through printed words on crumpled newsprint, words that they can read again and again, returning to the circus whenever they wish, regardless of time of day or physical location. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z All over the tents, small lights begin to flicker, as though the entirety of the circus is covered in particularly bright fireflies. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Marco hands him one, and Mr. Barris begins drawing, taking the rudimentary sketch of the circus’s layout and developing it into a complex design. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I paint a girl in a circus freak show with wide, stumpy legs and a face shaped like a perfect circle. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z At first, the letters Marco receives from Isobel arrive frequently, but as the circus travels to far-flung cities and countries, weeks and sometimes months stretch wordlessly between each missive. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I must say, waking up two days in a row and having the prospect of a visit to the circus ahead of me has been nice. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “I do wish there was a way to protect those outside the circus the way the bonfire protects those within it.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was a sort of infernal circus, smelling of barbecue and kerosene. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They sit and talk until just before dawn, and he leaves her only when the circus is about to close. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The circus lions don’t care to know that their leader is a weakling human; the fiction guarantees their social well-being and staves off violent anarchy. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “You ever been to a circus, Moon Shadow?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wouldn’t be surprised. Folks of all ages enjoy the circus.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “And they are aging, albeit extremely slowly. How are you moving the circus?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Perhaps if she better understood his systems, she could use them to make the circus more independent. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was clear he took a pride in the technical side of the circus. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Had it been present for longer, Caroline likely would have chosen a different dare, but the circus is currently the talk of the town, and Caroline likes to keep her dares en vogue. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “He showed me the circus in a way I had not been able to see it before,” Celia says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The wedding was a circus, as I expected. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And now he stands alone inside the circus again. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Twisted and turned, the camera perched precariously beside his ear, he felt like a circus grotesque. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z When she went lame and lagged behind the other elephants, the circus sold her to Mack. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z I now know why people call it a “media circus.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The circus functions in approximations more than exacting details. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As he spoke, they all looked up, but only Milo could see the gay and exciting circus there on the horizon. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The girls were looking at me as if I were some kind of a freak in a circus. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We add our own stories, each visitor, each visit, each night spent at the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She felt that when they did go she and her family would be further away from the circus than before, than just that morning. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He had scouts everywhere—the moment a larger circus showed signs of trouble, Uncle Al would get a telegram and race to the scene. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He wonders if the poem of the circus could possibly be bottled. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Before the circus, I used to live with my mom and my aunts and my sisters and my cousins,” Ruby says. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “I think,” said Aurelia slowly, “that that would be the most wonderful thing that had ever happened in the circus, since it began.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “It will help you be closer to the circus,” Isobel continues, “and it will give me something to do for the duration of your challenge. When it’s done I can come back to London.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “But I think the circus is wonderful. I like it very much.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z After that, I listened dispassionately as Mrs. Moss gave a made-for-television version of their lifestyle that included trips to the circus and Ice Capades, dinners out on Fridays, and pizza every Wednesday night. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z If the Cadillac had been a circus elephant, it couldn’t of done a better job of taking Mama’s and Cold Sassy’s mind off of Grandpa Blakeslee and Miss Love. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Do you know where the circus is yet?” he asks, before Victor can even speak. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There does not seem to be a particular section for the circus; bits of it are mixed in with books of theater receipts and lists of box-office returns. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Marco decides against asking her to try, returning to the subject of the circus instead. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Some of the rêveurs wander the circus continuously, methodically visiting every tent, watching each performance. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But despite visiting the house on only a handful of occasions between her audition and the opening of the circus, she finds she is already acquainted with each of the guests. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I would like you to sign over ownership of the circus.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He twisted around in his seat, and for the last time, Alex saw the hideous smile that the circus knife had torn through his cheeks. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z She went on, “The Christians don’t think the circus is right. They’re against it.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The outside looks like an enormous circus tent, painted with broad black-and-gold stripes that glitter under the strings of lights. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Ever since he discovered the venue for the challenge, he has been slowly taking on more responsibility for the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Some seek him out, and the meetings and dinners that follow herald the formation of a kind of club, a society of lovers of the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There are endless stories from the circus related over each course, mentions of tents Bailey has never seen and countries he has never even heard of. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “You have not been to the circus in far too long,” Celia says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And on every feast day, Marcus begged his father to take him to the circus. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I have heard the expression “trick of the light” applied to sights within Le Cirque des Rêves so frequently that I sometimes suspect the entirety of the circus is itself a complex illusion of illumination. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Many take the opportunity afterward to thank him personally, for the party and the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z With your ticket in hand, you follow a continuous line of patrons into the circus, watching the rhythmic motion of the black-and-white clock as you wait. 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