The Orphan's Tale

by Pam Jenoff

The circus is a great equalizer, though; no matter class or race or background, we are all the same here, judged on our talent.

Why are we so hard on one another? I wonder. Hadn’t the world already given us challenges enough?

But we represent everything Hitler hates: the freaks and oddities in a regime that is all about conformity. They will not permit us to go on forever.

You love the people they were before, below all the awfulness that made them do this thing, you know?”

“but our actions have consequences. Good intentions won’t save us from that.”