I wanted someone to love who would stay: stay and be there, always. Audrey Niffenegger More Quotes by Audrey Niffenegger More Quotes From Audrey Niffenegger What is more basic than the need to be known? It is the entirety of intimacy, the elixir of love, this knowing. Audrey Niffenegger intimacyknowingneeds 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 for the children. Audrey Niffenegger namesworrychildren That's what alcoholics do. It's in their job description: fall apart and then keep falling apart. Audrey Niffenegger descriptionjobsfall But you make me happy. It's living up to being happy that's the difficult part. Audrey Niffenegger make-me-happyyou-make-me-happydifficult Everything seems simple until you think about it. Audrey Niffenegger simpleseemsthinking I guess no matter what your family is like, you're not surprised. Audrey Niffenegger no-matter-whatlike-youmatter Oh. A bigger studio. It dawns on me, stupid me, that Henry could win the lottery at any time at all; that he has never bothered to do so because it's not normal; that he has decided to set aside his fanatical dedication to living like a normal person so I can have a studio big enough to roller-skate across; that I am being an ingrate. "Clare? Earth to Clare..." "Thank you," I say, too abruptly. Audrey Niffenegger dedicationstupidwinning I never wanted to have anything in my life that I couldn't stand losing. But it's too late for that. Audrey Niffenegger latelosingtoo-late How does it feel? I feels exactly like one of those dreams in which you suddenly realize that you have to take a test you haven't studied for and you aren't wearing any clothes. And you've left your wallet at home. When I am out there, in time, I am inverted, changed into a desperate version of myself. I become a thief, a vagrant, an animal who runs and hides. I startle old women and amaze children. I am a trick, an illusion of the highest order, so incredible that I am actually true. Audrey Niffenegger dreamrunningchildren Now I wonder if it means that the future is a place, or like a place, that I could go to; that is go to in some way other than just getting older. Audrey Niffenegger getting-oldermeanway CLARE: The library is cool and smells like carpet cleaner, although all I can see is marble. Audrey Niffenegger librarycarpetsmell The kissed surprised him because it had been so long since he'd kissed anyone but Elspeth. It surprised Valentina because she had hardly ever kissed anyone that way - to her, kissing had always been more theoretical than physical. Afterwards she stood with her eyes closed, lips parted, face tilted. Robert thought, She's going to break my heart and I'm going to let her. Audrey Niffenegger kissingeyeheart But as usual there's no answer to this. As usual, that's just how it is. Audrey Niffenegger usualanswers I've noticed that Henry needs an incredible amount of physical activity all the time in order to be happy. It's like hanging out with a greyhound. Audrey Niffenegger incrediblesorderneeds My family isn't posh; they're musicians. Audrey Niffenegger poshmy-familymusician The cure might be worse than the problem Audrey Niffenegger curesproblemmight Martin said, "It feels as though part of my self has detached and gone to Amsterdam, where it—she—is waiting for me. Do you know about phantom-limb syndrome?" Julia nodded. "There's pain where she ought to be. It's feeding the other pain, the thing that makes me wash and count and all that. So her absence is stopping me from going to find her. Do you see? Audrey Niffenegger painselfwaiting I sleep all day. Noises flit around the house- garbage truck in the alley, rain, tree rapping against the bedroom window. I sleep. I inhabit sleep firmly, willing it, wielding it, pushing away dreams, refusing, refusing. Sleep is my lover now, my forgetting, my opiate, my oblivion. [...] It is afternoon, it is night, it is morning. Everything is reduced to this bed, this endless slumber that makes the days into one day, makes time stop, stretches and compacts time until it is meaningless. Audrey Niffenegger rapdreammorning that's what I love you for: your inability to perceive all my hideous flaws Audrey Niffenegger inabilityflawslove-you 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 your hair. Audrey Niffenegger losinghairfacts
