I am so accustomed to living on a metaphysical trapeze that I forget that other people tend to enjoy more solid ground
Audrey NiffeneggerThe 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 NiffeneggerI don't want to boss anyone and I don't want to be bossed.
Audrey NiffeneggerWe are often insane with happiness. We are also very unhappy for reasons neither of us can do anything about. Like being separated.
Audrey NiffeneggerTags: happiness separation
Each of them warmed to the sound of the other's voice. They lay in the dark together, in distant cities, each of them thinking, We were lucky this time. And they pressed their phones closer to their ears, and both of them wondered how much longer this separation could go on.
Audrey NiffeneggerTo world enough and time.
Audrey NiffeneggerVíz alatt élek. Minden lassú és távoli. Tudom, hogy odafenn van egy világ, egy napsütötte, gyors világ, ahol az idő úgy pereg, ahogyan homokórában a száraz homok, de itt lenn, ahol én vagyok, levegő és hang és idő és érzés mind sűrű és vastag.
(Az időutazó felesége)
It's hard being left behind...It's hard to be the one who stays...Why is love intensified by absence?
Audrey NiffeneggerAs I penetrate Clare she looks at me and I think I don’t exist and a second later she turns her head and sees me. She cries out, not loudly, and looks back at me, above her, in her. Then she remembers, accepts it, this is pretty strange but it’s okay, and in this moment I love her more than life.
Audrey NiffeneggerHow 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.
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