5 Quotes by Nikki Loftin

Sometimes,′ she said, after a few more seconds of silence, ’sometimes you got to act. You can’t wait. You got to do what needs doing, before the world makes the decision for you.

Turns out, it’s not running away when no one notices you’re gone.

It’s part of the art,′ she explained, motioning toward the stream. ‘The bringing together of the pieces, then the way they disappear when it time – the wind, or water, or gravity, whatever – makes the art lose its hold. It’s not meant to stay forever. Some people,’ and she paused. ‘Some people wouldn’t get it. They’d do all sorts of unnatural things to make it stay just like it was. Glue it, staple it, cement it. Even though that would ruin it.

No,′ she said again, ‘I don’t want to die. Not at all! But don’t you see, I’m going to anyway?’ She pointed at her chest. ‘What is death, Peter? It’s when you stop being you, right? When that something, that spark or whatever, goes out. And that’s what’s coming for me.

Annie’s voice was low when she spoke again. ‘You have to learn to let go when it’s time.’ She smiled her tight smile again, the one that had all sorts of pain and secrets behind it, and I had a dark thought in the middle of the sunny day. I didn’t think she was talking about art anymore. I had a feeling she was talking about life. Her life.