Love the world and yourself in it, move through it as though... - Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife

"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 won't ever leave you, even though you're always leaving me."

"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?"

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

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