I place my finger on her forehead and say, "vanish", but…

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

I look at him, look at the book, remember, this book, this moment, the first book I ever loved

— Audrey Niffenegger

“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

Everything seems simple until you think about it.

— Audrey Niffenegger

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

“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

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

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

“Dead is the most alone you can be.”

— Audrey Niffenegger

What are you doing?" Nothing. Breaking and entering. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

— Audrey Niffenegger

I won't ever leave you, even though you're always leaving me.

— Audrey Niffenegger

“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

“We were royally miserable together.”

— Audrey Niffenegger

“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

“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