Why is love intensified by absence? - Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife

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

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

"Love the world and yourself in it, move through it as though it offers no resistance, as though the world is your natural element."

"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?"

"We are often insane with happiness. We are also very unhappy for reasons neither of us can do anything about. Like being separated."