228 Quotes by Audrey Niffenegger

It answers to the name of Henry, but you can call it Library Boy.

But don't you think that it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life?

I hate to be where sheis not,when she is not. And yet I am always going, and she cannot follow.

Henry gaat op de schommel naast me zitten, met zijn gezicht de andere kant op, en we schommelen steeds hoger en hoger , we passeren elkaar, soms gaan we gelijk op en soms gaan we zo snel langs elkaar dat het net lijkt alsof we zullen botsen, en we lachen, en lachen, en niets kan ooit verdrietig zijn, niets kan ooit worden verloren, of dood zijn, of ver weg; nu zijn we hier, en niets kan onze volmaaktheid verstoren of dit volmaakte moment van zijn vreugde beroven.

that's what I love you for: your inability to perceive all my hideous flaws

My reflection in the mirror shows me pink and puffy. I thought pregnant women were to supposed to glow. I am not glowing.

I won’t ever leave you, even though you’re always leaving me.

Every minute of his life since then has been marked by her absence, every action has lacked dimension because she is not there to measure againts.

I go to sleep alone, and wake up alone. I take walks. I work until I’m tired. I watch the wind play with the trash that’s been under the snow all winter. Everything seems simple until you think about it. Why is love intensified by abscence?