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

"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?"

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

"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 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 think about my mother singing after lunch on a Summer afternoon, twirling in blue dress across the floor of her dressing room"