“He had never realised, while Elspeth was alive, the extent to which a thing had not completely happened until he told her… — Audrey Niffenegger Alive Copy Share Image
CLARE: The library is cool and smells like carpet cleaner, although all I can see is marble. — Audrey Niffenegger Carpet Copy Share Image
…she smiles in an exhausted but warm sort of way, as though she is a brilliant sun in some other galaxy — Audrey Niffenegger Brilliant Copy Share Image
I'm living under water. Everything seems slow and far away. I know there's a world up there, a sunlit quick world where… — Audrey Niffenegger Air Copy Share Image
I guess no matter what your family is like, you're not surprised. — Audrey Niffenegger Family Copy Share Image
It's funny how we like labels. If I ever have a bookstore, I'm not going to put any labels on the sections. — Audrey Niffenegger Bookstores Copy Share Image
“I think that a lot of people have a longing to move out of the present. The present is very constricting. You… — Audrey Niffenegger Nostalgia Copy Share Image
“Not because they’re dead. Though unattainability is always attractive.” — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
He made the boxes because he was lonely. He didn't have anyone to love, and he made the boxes so he could… — Audrey Niffenegger Bird Copy Share Image
It’s dark now and I am very tired. I love you, always. Time is nothing. — Audrey Niffenegger Always love you Copy Share Image
We are walking down the street holding hands. There is a playground at the end of the block, and I run to… — Audrey Niffenegger Block Copy Share Image
When you live with a woman you learn something every day. So far I have learned that long hair will clog up… — Audrey Niffenegger Advisable Copy Share Image
“Elspeth died while Robert was standing in front of a vending machine watching tea shoot into a small plastic cup.” — Audrey Niffenegger Computers Copy Share Image
My apartment is basically a couch, an armchair, and about four thousand books. — Audrey Niffenegger Apartment Copy Share Image
He would say her name over and over until it devolved into meaningless sounds - mah REI kuh, mah REI kuh -… — Audrey Niffenegger Dictionary Copy Share Image
You can still be cool when you’re dead. In fact, it’s much easier, because you aren’t getting old and fat and losing… — Audrey Niffenegger Being cool Copy Share Image
Outside it's a perfect spring night. We stand on the sidewalk in front of our apartment building, and Henry takes my hand,… — Audrey Niffenegger Apartment Copy Share Image
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 Extremely happy Copy Share Image
“now it becomes clear that he's one of those people who is fastidious about his personal appearance but secretly skivenly about everything… — Audrey Niffenegger Personal appearance Copy Share Image
“I place my finger on her forehead and say, "vanish", but it is she who will stay; I am the one who… — Audrey Niffenegger Audrey-niffenegger Copy Share Image
Long ago, men went to sea, and women waited for them, standing on the edge of the water, scanning the horizon for… — Audrey Niffenegger Eternity Copy Share Image
The space that I can call mine.. is so small that my ideas have become small. I am like a caterpillar in… — Audrey Niffenegger Caterpillars Copy Share Image
