Oh. A bigger studio. It dawns on me, stupid me, that Henry could win the lottery at any time at all; that he has never bothered to do so because it's not normal; that he has decided to set aside his fanatical dedication to living like a normal person so I can have a studio big enough to roller-skate across; that I am being an ingrate. "Clare? Earth to Clare..." "Thank you," I say, too abruptly.
Audrey NiffeneggerHe 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 NiffeneggerWhat is more basic than the need to be known? It is the entirety of intimacy, the elixir of love, this knowing.
Audrey NiffeneggerLove the world and yourself in it, move through it as though it offers no resistance, as though the world is your natural element.
Audrey Niffenegger