There are so bewilderingly many laws in the Outside World. We of the circus know only one law--simple and unfailing. The Show must... go on.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I have lived in both worlds. And I think I prefer, to the indifferent, haphazard, money- mad hurry of the Outside World, that of m...y world; that sympathy and understanding grown shadowy since I have been away from it so long, still is more real to me than the world I am in now. Not only the spangles and the gay trappings made it colorful; there was an inner color that warmed the soul. And that I miss.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
And then came the most devastating thought of all: I was one of them. I who used to swing upside down on a living horse, who alway...s danced when mere walking would have done, so glad was I of life, so full of health. It was the most gruesome thought I had ever had in my life.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
...deep down, deeper than everyday gets me, I am still one of them and will be till I die. In my heart and soul I belong to the lo...t and the red wagons and the Big Top.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Never mind if you fall far short of the thing you want to do,--encourage your effort. If no one else will say it to you, say it to... yourself. "Not so bad." It will make the next effort easier and better.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
...these little girls spoke of going to one school or the other later on, of perhaps they would decide not to practice their music... that day, or see if they could put off their dancing lesson till another hour. Things seemed to happen with them, sometimes one way, sometimes another, while with me there was a definite aim, and things just had to happen at a certain time. My one aim was to do a thing well, and to excel if possible. This outside life, where things seemed to go on without apparent necessity, held me in thrall.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »