--- title: "4 Dead people Quotes By Audrey Niffenegger" description: "4 Dead people quotes by Audrey Niffenegger. Plus more from Audrey Niffenegger and more Dead people sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/audrey-niffenegger-1298_dead-people_i-don-t-know-about-you-but-i-m-kind-of-f_189350.jpg" --- > [“I don't know about you, but I'm kind of fed up with realism. After all, there's enough reality already; why make more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audrey-niffenegger/i-don-t-know-about-you-but-i-m-kind-of-fed-up-with-realism-after-all/) [Audrey Niffenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audrey-niffenegger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/audrey-niffenegger-1298_dead-people_i-don-t-know-about-you-but-i-m-kind-of-f_189350.jpg) > [“...dead people need us to remember them, even if it eats us, even if all we can do is say I'm sorry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audrey-niffenegger/dead-people-need-us-to-remember-them-even-if-it-eats-us-even-if-all/) [Audrey Niffenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audrey-niffenegger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e8/audrey-niffenegger-1298_dead-people_dead-people-need-us-to-remember-them-eve_1439588.jpg) > [“I feel guilty for wanting to avoid the sadness, dead people need us to rememer them, even if it eats us, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audrey-niffenegger/i-feel-guilty-for-wanting-to-avoid-the-sadness-dead-people-need-us-to/) [Audrey Niffenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audrey-niffenegger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86b/audrey-niffenegger-1298_dead-people_i-feel-guilty-for-wanting-to-avoid-the-s_2379566.jpg) > [I wish for a moment that time would lift me out of this day, and into some more benign one. But then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audrey-niffenegger/i-wish-for-a-moment-that-time-would-lift-me-out-of-this-day-and-into/) [Audrey Niffenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audrey-niffenegger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1e/audrey-niffenegger-1298_air_i-wish-for-a-moment-that-time-would-lift_2994342.jpg) ## Other authors on Dead people - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-green-51499.jpg) John Green 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dead-people/john-green/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sherrilyn-kenyon-84925.jpg) Sherrilyn Kenyon 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dead-people/sherrilyn-kenyon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-terry-pratchett-89528.jpg) Terry Pratchett 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dead-people/terry-pratchett/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-darynda-jones-26963.jpg) Darynda Jones 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dead-people/darynda-jones/) ## More by Audrey Niffenegger > [But you know: you know that if I could have stayed, if I could have gone on, that I would have clutched every second:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audrey-niffenegger/but-you-know-you-know-that-if-i-could-have-stayed-if-i-could-have/) [Audrey Niffenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audrey-niffenegger/) > [I look at him, look at the book, remember, this book, this moment, the first book I ever loved](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audrey-niffenegger/i-look-at-him-look-at-the-book-remember-this-book-this-moment-the/) [Audrey Niffenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audrey-niffenegger/when-i-was-young-i-didn-t-understand-but-now-i-know-how-absence-can/) [Audrey Niffenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audrey-niffenegger/) > [Everything seems simple until you think about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audrey-niffenegger/everything-seems-simple-until-you-think-about-it/) [Audrey Niffenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audrey-niffenegger/i-place-my-hands-over-her-ears-and-tip-her-head-back-and-kiss-her-and/) [Audrey Niffenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audrey-niffenegger/sister-carmelita-says-animals-don-t-have-souls-of-course-animals-have/) [Audrey Niffenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audrey-niffenegger/we-didn-t-think-the-library-was-funny-looking-in-it-s-faux-greek/) [Audrey Niffenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audrey-niffenegger/he-said-something-interesting-he-said-that-he-thinks-there-is-only/) [Audrey Niffenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audrey-niffenegger/) > [“Dead is the most alone you can be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audrey-niffenegger/dead-is-the-most-alone-you-can-be/) [Audrey Niffenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audrey-niffenegger/) > [What are you doing?" Nothing. Breaking and entering. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audrey-niffenegger/what-are-you-doing-nothing-breaking-and-entering-pay-no-attention-to/) [Audrey Niffenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audrey-niffenegger/) > [I won't ever leave you, even though you're always leaving me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audrey-niffenegger/i-won-t-ever-leave-you-even-though-you-re-always-leaving-me/) [Audrey Niffenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audrey-niffenegger/it-seems-like-we-re-going-to-collide-and-we-laugh-and-laugh-and/) [Audrey Niffenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audrey-niffenegger/) > [“We were royally miserable together.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audrey-niffenegger/we-were-royally-miserable-together/) [Audrey Niffenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audrey-niffenegger/no-valentina-closed-her-eyes-of-course-not-it-ll-be-great-mouse-we-ll/) [Audrey Niffenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audrey-niffenegger/i-make-books-because-i-love-them-as-objects-because-i-want-to-put-the/) [Audrey Niffenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audrey-niffenegger/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dead-people/audrey-niffenegger/#itemlist", "name": "4 Dead people Quotes By Audrey Niffenegger", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I don't know about you, but I'm kind of fed up with realism. 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