Martin said, "It feels as though part of my self has detached and gone to Amsterdam, where itโsheโis waiting for me. Do you know about phantom-limb syndrome?" Julia nodded. "There's pain where she ought to be. It's feeding the other pain, the thing that makes me wash and count and all that. So her absence is stopping me from going to find her. Do you see?
Audrey NiffeneggerI breathe slowly and deeply. I make my eyes still under eyelids, I make my mind still, and soon, Sleep, seeing a perfect reproduction of himself, comes to be united with his facsimile.
Audrey NiffeneggerYou can still be cool when youโre dead. In fact, itโs much easier, because you arenโt getting old and fat and losing your hair.
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