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

“Henry loves me. Henry is here, finally, now, finally. And I love him.”

“Time is nothing - Henry's Letter to Claire”

“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 it.” “Oh yeah.” --Wednesday, September 5, 2001”

“...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”

“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.”

“I hate to be where she is not, when she is not. And yet, I am always going. - Henry deTamble”