“But now, I know, how absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird.” — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
“It's hard being left behind...It's hard to be the one who stays...Why is love intensified by absence?” — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
“Everything seems simple until you think about it. Why is love intensified by absence?” — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
“When I was young I didn't understand, but now, I know, how absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
Every minute of his life since then has been marked by her absence, every action has lacked dimension because she is not… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
Martin said, "It feels as though part of my self has detached and gone to Amsterdam, where it—she—is waiting for me. Do… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
“After my mom died she ate my father up completely. She would have hated it. Every minute of his life since then… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
But you know: you know that if I could have stayed, if I could have gone on, that I would have clutched every second:… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share
I look at him, look at the book, remember, this book, this moment, the first book I ever loved — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share
“When I was young I didn't understand, but now, I know, how absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird.” — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share
I place my hands over her ears and tip her head back, and kiss her, and try to put my heart into hers, for… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share
“Sister Carmelita says animals don't have souls" "Of course animals have souls, where did she get that idea?" "She said the Pope says." "The… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share
We didn't think the library was funny looking in it's faux- Greek splendor, nor did we find the cuisine limited or bland, or the… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share
He said something interesting: he said that he thinks there is only free will when you are in time, in the present. He says… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share
What are you doing?" Nothing. Breaking and entering. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share
“It seems like we're going to collide, and we laugh, and laugh, and nothing can ever be sad, no one can be lost, or… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share
“No.” Valentina closed her eyes. Of course not. “It’ll be great, Mouse. We’ll have our own apartment, we won’t have to work,” — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share
“I make books because I love them as objects; because I want to put the pictures and the words together, because I want to… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share
