...all of our laments could not add a single second to her l... - Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife

"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."

"Right now we are here, and nothing can mar our perfection, or steal the joy of this perfect moment."

"Don't you think 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 am suddenly comsumed by nostalgia for the little girl who was me, who loved the fields and believed in God, who spent winter days home sick from school reading Nancy Drew and sucking menthol cough drops, who could keep a secret."

"one of the best and the most painful things about time traveling has been the opportunity to see my mother alive."