Don't you think it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
“But now, I know, how absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird.” — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
Our love has been the thread through the labyrinth, the net under the high-wire walker, the only real thing in this strange… — 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
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
...all of our laments could not add a single second to her life, not one additional beat of the heart, nor a… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
...she could express her soul with that voice, whenver I listened to her I felt my life meant more than mere biology...she… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
I'm sorry. I didn't know you were coming or I'd have cleaned up a little more. My life, I mean, not just… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
“It's living up to being happy that's the most difficult part.” — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
“Sleep erases all differences: then and now; dead and living. I am past hunger, past vanity, past caring. This morning I caught… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
I never wanted to have anything in my life that I couldn't stand losing. But it's too late for that. — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
“That’s the thing about living vicariously; it’s so much faster than actual living.” — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
“Clare, I want to tell you, again, I love you. Our love has been the thread through the labyrinth, the net under… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
“Being in love is…anxious,” he said. “Wanting to please, worrying that she will see me as I really am. But wanting to… — 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
“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
Running is many things to me: survival, calmness, euphoria, solitude. It is proof of my corporeal existence, my ability to control my… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
Mama said, "Dreams are different to real life but important too. — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
“But don't you think that it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
“When I began writing The Night Bookmobile, it was a story about a woman's secret life as a reader. As I worked… — 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
