The hardest lesson is Clare’s solitude. Sometimes I come home and Clare seems kind of irritated; I’ve interrupted some train of thought, broken into the dreary silence of her day. Sometimes I see an expression on Clare’s face that is… — 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 Pope's an old meanie. Animals have much nicer souls than we do. They never tell lies or blow anybody up." "They eat each other." "Well, they have to eat each other; they can't go to Dairy… — 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 movies at the Michigan theater relentlessly American and mindless. These were opinions I came to later, after I became a denizen of a City, an expatriate anxious to distance herself from the bumpkin ways of her… — 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 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
