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

"It's hard being left behind. (...) It's hard to be the one who stays."

"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."

"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?"

"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?"

"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."