But you know: you know that if I could have stayed, if I could have gone on, that I would have clutched… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
“I had seen myself, a portrait of myself as a reader. My childhood: hours spent in airless classrooms, days home sick from… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
“One may do many things in a long life. I also played a great deal of tennis and brought up three children.… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
How does it feel? I feels exactly like one of those dreams in which you suddenly realize that you have to take… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
I sit quietly and think about my mom. It's funny how memory erodes, If all I had to work from were my… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
“When I am out there, in time, I am inverted, changed into a desperate version of myself. I become a thief, a… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
I told Ing once that she dances like a German and she didn't like it, but it's true: she dances seriously, like… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
Think for a minute, darling: in fairy tales it's always the children who have the fine adventures. The mothers have to stay… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
That’s the thing about living vicariously; it’s so much faster than actual living. In a few minutes we’ll be worrying about names… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
“To lose one child, Mr. DeTamble, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose three looks like carelessness.” — 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 Image
I look at him, look at the book, remember, this book, this moment, the first book I ever loved — 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 dark bird.” — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
What are you doing?" Nothing. Breaking and entering. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
“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 Image
