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Audrey Niffenegger Quotes

The Garden Under Snow Now the garden is under snow a blank page our footprints write onclare who was never minebut always belonged to herselfSleeping Beautya crystalline blanketthis is her springthis is her sleeping/awakeningshe is waitingeverything is waitingthe improbable shapes of rootsmy babyher facea garden, waiting Picture Quote #1

I look at him, look at the book, remember, this book, this moment, the first book I ever loved Picture Quote #1

He is coming, and I am here Picture Quote #1

...and I suddenly feel that Henry is there, incredible need for Henry to be there and to put his hand on me even while it seems to me that Henry is the rain and I am alone and wanting him - Clare Picture Quote #1

I’m sorry. I didn’t know you were coming or I’d have cleaned up a little more. My life, I mean, not just the apartment Picture Quote #1

But you make me happy. It’s living up to being happy that’s the difficult part Picture Quote #1

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I feel that I an everything to her Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

My apartment is basically a couch, an armchair, and about four thousand books Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to boss anyone and I don’t want to be bossed Picture Quote #1

We are often insane with happiness. We are also very unhappy for reasons neither of us can do anything about. Like being separated Picture Quote #1

But as usual there’s no answer to this. As usual, that’s just how it is Picture Quote #1

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Every minute of his life since then has been marked by her absence, every action has lacked dimension because she is not there to measure against. And when I was young I didn’t understand, but now, I know, how absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird Picture Quote #1

That’s what alcoholics do. It’s in their job description: fall apart and then keep falling apart Picture Quote #1

He made the boxes because he was lonely. He didn’t have anyone to love, and he made the boxes so he could love them, and so people would know that he existed, and because birds are free and the boxes are hiding places for the birds so they will feel safe, and he wanted to be free and be safe. The boxes are for him so he can be a bird Picture Quote #1

Now I wonder if it means that the future is a place, or like a place, that I could go to; that is go to in some way other than just getting older Picture Quote #1

The space that I can call mine.. is so small that my ideas have become small. I am like a caterpillar in a cocoon of paper; all around me are sketches for sculptures, small drawings that seem like moths fluttering against the windows, beating their wings to escape from this tiny space.. Every day the ideas come more reluctantly, as though they know I will starve them and stunt their growth Picture Quote #1

He was not in the house. He did not come back that night. Days went by, and at last she understood that he would not return at all Picture Quote #1

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When we met I was wrecked, blasted, and damned, and I am slowly pulling myself together because I can see that you are a human being and I would like to be one, too Picture Quote #1

But you make me happy. It’s living up to being happy that’s the difficult part Picture Quote #1

He thanked her and left the house in the mood of a shipwrecked man who has allowed the rescue ship to pass him by Picture Quote #1

It’s funny how we like labels. If I ever have a bookstore, I’m not going to put any labels on the sections Picture Quote #1

When somebody is that patient, you have to feel grateful, and then you want to hurt them. Does that make any sense? Picture Quote #1

How does it feel? I feels exactly like one of those dreams in which you suddenly realize that you have to take a test you haven’t studied for and you aren’t wearing any clothes. And you’ve left your wallet at home. When I am out there, in time, I am inverted, changed into a desperate version of myself. I become a thief, a vagrant, an animal who runs and hides. I startle old women and amaze children. I am a trick, an illusion of the highest order, so incredible that I am actually true Picture Quote #1

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I’m living under water. Everything seems slow and far away. I know there’s a world up there, a sunlit quick world where time runs like dry sand through an hourglass, but down here, where I am, air and sound and time and feeling are thick and dense Picture Quote #1

Home sweet home. No place like home. Take me home, country roads. Home is where the heart is. But my heart is here. So I must be home. Clare sighs, turns her head, and is quiet. Hi, honey. I’m home. I’m home Picture Quote #1

Time passes and the pain begins to roll in and out as though it’s a woman standing at an ironing board, passing the iron back and forth, back and forth across a white tablecloth Picture Quote #1

Henry loves my hair almost as though it is a creature unto itself, as though it has a soul to call its own, as though it could love him back Picture Quote #1

I sometimes end up in dangerous situations, and I come back to you broken and messed up, and you worry about me when I’m gone. It’s like marrying a policeman Picture Quote #1

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? Picture Quote #1

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The Garden Under Snow Now the garden is under snow a blank page our footprints write onclare who was never minebut always belonged to herselfSleeping Beautya crystalline blanketthis is her springthis is her sleeping/awakeningshe is waitingeverything is waitingthe improbable shapes of rootsmy babyher facea garden, waiting. (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) I look at him, look at the book, remember, this book, this moment, the first book I ever loved (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) He is coming, and I am here (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) ...and I suddenly feel that Henry is there, incredible need for Henry to be there and to put his hand on me even while it seems to me that Henry is the rain and I am alone and wanting him - Clare (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) I’m sorry. I didn’t know you were coming or I’d have cleaned up a little more. My life, I mean, not just the apartment. (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) But you make me happy. It’s living up to being happy that’s the difficult part. (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) I feel that I an everything to her (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) 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. (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) My apartment is basically a couch, an armchair, and about four thousand books (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) I don’t want to boss anyone and I don’t want to be bossed (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) We are often insane with happiness. We are also very unhappy for reasons neither of us can do anything about. Like being separated (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) But as usual there’s no answer to this. As usual, that’s just how it is (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) Every minute of his life since then has been marked by her absence, every action has lacked dimension because she is not there to measure against. And when I was young I didn’t understand, but now, I know, how absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) That’s what alcoholics do. It’s in their job description: fall apart and then keep falling apart (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) He made the boxes because he was lonely. He didn’t have anyone to love, and he made the boxes so he could love them, and so people would know that he existed, and because birds are free and the boxes are hiding places for the birds so they will feel safe, and he wanted to be free and be safe. The boxes are for him so he can be a bird (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) Now I wonder if it means that the future is a place, or like a place, that I could go to; that is go to in some way other than just getting older (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) The space that I can call mine.. is so small that my ideas have become small. I am like a caterpillar in a cocoon of paper; all around me are sketches for sculptures, small drawings that seem like moths fluttering against the windows, beating their wings to escape from this tiny space.. Every day the ideas come more reluctantly, as though they know I will starve them and stunt their growth (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) He was not in the house. He did not come back that night. Days went by, and at last she understood that he would not return at all (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) When we met I was wrecked, blasted, and damned, and I am slowly pulling myself together because I can see that you are a human being and I would like to be one, too (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) But you make me happy. It’s living up to being happy that’s the difficult part (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) He thanked her and left the house in the mood of a shipwrecked man who has allowed the rescue ship to pass him by (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) It’s funny how we like labels. If I ever have a bookstore, I’m not going to put any labels on the sections (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) When somebody is that patient, you have to feel grateful, and then you want to hurt them. Does that make any sense? (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) How does it feel? I feels exactly like one of those dreams in which you suddenly realize that you have to take a test you haven’t studied for and you aren’t wearing any clothes. And you’ve left your wallet at home. When I am out there, in time, I am inverted, changed into a desperate version of myself. I become a thief, a vagrant, an animal who runs and hides. I startle old women and amaze children. I am a trick, an illusion of the highest order, so incredible that I am actually true (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) I’m living under water. Everything seems slow and far away. I know there’s a world up there, a sunlit quick world where time runs like dry sand through an hourglass, but down here, where I am, air and sound and time and feeling are thick and dense (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) Home sweet home. No place like home. Take me home, country roads. Home is where the heart is. But my heart is here. So I must be home. Clare sighs, turns her head, and is quiet. Hi, honey. I’m home. I’m home (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) Time passes and the pain begins to roll in and out as though it’s a woman standing at an ironing board, passing the iron back and forth, back and forth across a white tablecloth (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) Henry loves my hair almost as though it is a creature unto itself, as though it has a soul to call its own, as though it could love him back (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) I sometimes end up in dangerous situations, and I come back to you broken and messed up, and you worry about me when I’m gone. It’s like marrying a policeman (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes) 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? (Audrey Niffenegger Quotes)

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