I won't ever leave you, even though you're always leaving me... - Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife

"Chaos is more freedom; in fact, total freedom. But no meaning. I want to be free to act, and I also want my actions to mean something."

"‎I never wanted to have anything in my life that I couldn't stand losing. But it's too late for that."

"I sit quietly and think about my mom. It's funny how memory erodes, If all I had to work from were my childhood memories, my knowledge of my mother would be faded and soft, with a few sharp memories standing out."

"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?"

"...all of our laments could not add a single second to her life, not one additional beat of the heart, nor a breath."