“…Younger generations could only marvel at the sight of the Midnight Circus, the lights, the sounds, the acts – for there was no circus like it in the world. The circus arrived without warning, no papers – no advertisements on billboards to precede its arrival – it was simply there. It didn’t seem real to us at first, the way the performers looked under the big top, bathed in the glow of the lights – it was simply breathtaking. The Midnight Circus outdid god himself, they created heaven on earth, and in those hours we spent at the Midnight Circus, we forgot of the troubles of war, the depression and loss of our homes…” - from Memoirs of a Circus, by Lee Chun-Hei.