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. An….

I look at him, look at the book, remember, this book, this moment, the first book I ever loved.

The kissed surprised him because it had been so long since he'd kissed anyone but Elspeth. It surprised Valentina because she had hardly ever kissed ….

He would say her name over and over until it devolved into meaningless sounds - mah REI kuh, mah REI kuh - it became an entry in a dictionary of lone….

Each spine was an encapsulated memory, each book represented hours, days of pleasure, of immersion into words..

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..

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 w….

Think for a minute, darling: in fairy tales it's always the children who have the fine adventures. The mothers have to stay at home and wait for the ….

Our love has been the thread through the labyrinth, the net under the high-wire walker, the only real thing in this strange life of mine that I could….

She looks up at me, still rocking. “Henry . . . why did me decide to do this again?” “Supposedly when it’s over they hand you a baby and let you keep….

Clare, I want to tell you, again, I love you. Our love has been the thread through the labyrinth, the net under the high-wire walker, the only real t….

...all of our laments could not add a single second to her life, not one additional beat of the heart, nor a breath..

Love you..." Henry-" Always..." Oh God oh God-" World enough..." No!" And time..." Henry!.

My family isn't posh; they're musicians..

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..

…she smiles in an exhausted but warm sort of way, as though she is a brilliant sun in some other galaxy.

CLARE: The library is cool and smells like carpet cleaner, although all I can see is marble..

Do you ever miss him? Every day. Every minute. Every minute, she says. Yes, it's that way, isn't it?.

I feel moderately bad about this whole thing. On the one hand, I am providing myself with urgently required survival skills. Other lessons in this se….

Mama said, "Dreams are different to real life but important too.".

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