- tsukiko "i have been surrounded by love letters you two have built each other for years, encased in tents."
- marco, to celia "i have tried to let you go and i cannot. i cannot stop thinking of you. i cannot stop dreaming about you."
- marco, to celia "you leave me longing for you again and again when i would give anything for you to stay, and it is killing me."
- marco "come away with me. anywhere. away from the circus, away from alexander and your father." celia "we can't."
- "as he kisses her, the bonfire glows brighter. the acrobats catch the light perfectly as they spin. the entire circus sparkles, dazzling every patron."
- marco "i don't want to win. i want you. truly, celia, do you not understand that?"
- marco "how can you think that i don't love you? celia, you are everything to me. i don't know who is trying to convince you otherwise, but you must believe me, please."
- marco "everything i have done, every change i have made to that circus, every impossible feat and astounding sight, i have done for her."
- "marco knows he does not have the time to push her away, so he pulls her close, burying his face in her hair, his bowler hat torn from his head by the wind. and then the pain starts. sharp, ripping pain as though he is being pulled apart. 'trust me,' celia whispers in his ear, and he stops fighting it, forgetting everything but her."
- "the relief when she is solid and warm and alive to his touch is overwhelming. he pulls her into his arms, his tears falling onto her hair. 'i love you,' he says when he finds his voice."
- marco "i made a wish on this tree years ago." bailey "what did you wish for?" marco "i wished for her.”
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