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Nicole Krauss Quotes

No, what I felt was the torment of waiting, stuck between the end of one sentence and the beginning of the next which might or might not bring a hail storm, plane crash, poetic justice, or a miraculous reversal Picture Quote #1

I’ve reached the age where bruises are formed from failures within rather than accidents without Picture Quote #1

... she gave him one of those broad smiles she reserved for strangers, as if she were aware of being able to pass, in their eyes, for an ordinary woman Picture Quote #1

In life we sit at the table and refuse to eat, and in death we are eternally hungry Picture Quote #1

The moment had passed, the door between the lives we could have led and the lives we led had shut in our faces Picture Quote #1

There were many things they simply didn’t talk about: between them, silence was not so much a form of evasion as a way for solitary people to exist in a family Picture Quote #1

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There are times when the kindness of strangers only makes things worse because one realizes how badly one is in need of kindness and that the only source is a stranger Picture Quote #1

He learned to live with the truth. Not to accept it, but to live with it Picture Quote #1

We met each other when we were young, before we knew enough about disappointment, and once we did we found we reminded each other of it Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I get the feeling that we’re just a bunch of habits. The gestures we repeat over and over, they’re just our need to be recognized. Without them, we’d be unidentifiable. We have to reinvent ourselves every minute Picture Quote #1

There was no one to call me to bed, no one to demand that the rhythms of my life operate in a duet Picture Quote #1

I wished to punish her for her intolerable stoicism, which made it impossible for me to ever be truly needed by her in the most profound ways a person can need another, a need that often goes by the name of love Picture Quote #1

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That’s what I do. Watch movies and read. Sometimes I even pretend to write, but I’m not fooling anyone. Oh, and I go to the mailbox Picture Quote #1

It’s strange what the heart can do when the mind is giving the directions Picture Quote #1

She struggled with her sadness, but tried to conceal it, to divide it into smaller and smaller parts and scatter these in places she thought no one would find them Picture Quote #1

She was gone, and all that was left was the space where you’d grown around her, like a tree that grows around a fence Picture Quote #1

The truth is that she told me she couldn’t love me. When she said goodbye, she was saying goodbye forever. And yet. I made myself forget. I don’t know why. I keep asking myself. But I did Picture Quote #1

I like to think the world wasn’t ready for me, but maybe the truth is that I wasn’t ready for the world. I’ve always arrived too late for my life Picture Quote #1

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And so he did the hardest thing he’d ever done in his life: he picked up his hat and walked away Picture Quote #1

It’s one of those unforgettable moments that happen as a child, when you discover that all along the world has been betraying you Picture Quote #1

Getting a book published made me feel a little bit sad... I felt driven by the need to write a book, rather than the need to write. I needed to figure out what was important to me as a writer Picture Quote #1

If it weren’t for her, there would never have been an empty space, or the need to fill it Picture Quote #1

It is impossible to distrust one’s writing without awakening a deeper distrust in oneself Picture Quote #1

I have always written about characters who fall somewhere in the spectrum between solitary and totally alienated Picture Quote #1

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I have realised just how important it is to readers to feel that fictional stories are based on reality Picture Quote #1

I read like an animal. I read under the covers, I read lying in the grass, I read at the dinner table. While other people were talking to me, I read Picture Quote #1

I think of novels as houses. You live in them over the course of a long period, both as a reader and as a writer Picture Quote #1

I’m very interested in structure, how multiple stories are assembled in different ways; that is what memory does as well Picture Quote #1

If the book is a mystery to its author as she’s writing, inevitably it’s going to be a mystery to the reader as he or she reads it Picture Quote #1

The accolades, just like the scrapes and bruises, fade in the end, and all you’re left with is your ambition Picture Quote #1

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No, what I felt was the torment of waiting, stuck between the end of one sentence and the beginning of the next which might or might not bring a hail storm, plane crash, poetic justice, or a miraculous reversal (Nicole Krauss Quotes) I’ve reached the age where bruises are formed from failures within rather than accidents without (Nicole Krauss Quotes) ... she gave him one of those broad smiles she reserved for strangers, as if she were aware of being able to pass, in their eyes, for an ordinary woman (Nicole Krauss Quotes) In life we sit at the table and refuse to eat, and in death we are eternally hungry (Nicole Krauss Quotes) The moment had passed, the door between the lives we could have led and the lives we led had shut in our faces (Nicole Krauss Quotes) There were many things they simply didn’t talk about: between them, silence was not so much a form of evasion as a way for solitary people to exist in a family (Nicole Krauss Quotes) There are times when the kindness of strangers only makes things worse because one realizes how badly one is in need of kindness and that the only source is a stranger (Nicole Krauss Quotes) He learned to live with the truth. Not to accept it, but to live with it (Nicole Krauss Quotes) We met each other when we were young, before we knew enough about disappointment, and once we did we found we reminded each other of it (Nicole Krauss Quotes) Sometimes I get the feeling that we’re just a bunch of habits. The gestures we repeat over and over, they’re just our need to be recognized. Without them, we’d be unidentifiable. We have to reinvent ourselves every minute (Nicole Krauss Quotes) There was no one to call me to bed, no one to demand that the rhythms of my life operate in a duet (Nicole Krauss Quotes) I wished to punish her for her intolerable stoicism, which made it impossible for me to ever be truly needed by her in the most profound ways a person can need another, a need that often goes by the name of love (Nicole Krauss Quotes) That’s what I do. Watch movies and read. Sometimes I even pretend to write, but I’m not fooling anyone. Oh, and I go to the mailbox (Nicole Krauss Quotes) It’s strange what the heart can do when the mind is giving the directions (Nicole Krauss Quotes) She struggled with her sadness, but tried to conceal it, to divide it into smaller and smaller parts and scatter these in places she thought no one would find them (Nicole Krauss Quotes) She was gone, and all that was left was the space where you’d grown around her, like a tree that grows around a fence (Nicole Krauss Quotes) The truth is that she told me she couldn’t love me. When she said goodbye, she was saying goodbye forever. And yet. I made myself forget. I don’t know why. I keep asking myself. But I did (Nicole Krauss Quotes) I like to think the world wasn’t ready for me, but maybe the truth is that I wasn’t ready for the world. I’ve always arrived too late for my life (Nicole Krauss Quotes) And so he did the hardest thing he’d ever done in his life: he picked up his hat and walked away (Nicole Krauss Quotes) It’s one of those unforgettable moments that happen as a child, when you discover that all along the world has been betraying you (Nicole Krauss Quotes) Getting a book published made me feel a little bit sad... I felt driven by the need to write a book, rather than the need to write. I needed to figure out what was important to me as a writer (Nicole Krauss Quotes) If it weren’t for her, there would never have been an empty space, or the need to fill it (Nicole Krauss Quotes) It is impossible to distrust one’s writing without awakening a deeper distrust in oneself (Nicole Krauss Quotes) I have always written about characters who fall somewhere in the spectrum between solitary and totally alienated (Nicole Krauss Quotes) I have realised just how important it is to readers to feel that fictional stories are based on reality (Nicole Krauss Quotes) I read like an animal. I read under the covers, I read lying in the grass, I read at the dinner table. While other people were talking to me, I read (Nicole Krauss Quotes) I think of novels as houses. You live in them over the course of a long period, both as a reader and as a writer (Nicole Krauss Quotes) I’m very interested in structure, how multiple stories are assembled in different ways; that is what memory does as well (Nicole Krauss Quotes) If the book is a mystery to its author as she’s writing, inevitably it’s going to be a mystery to the reader as he or she reads it (Nicole Krauss Quotes) The accolades, just like the scrapes and bruises, fade in the end, and all you’re left with is your ambition (Nicole Krauss Quotes)

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