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Nicole Krauss Quotes: So many words get lost. They leave the mouthand lose their courage, wandering aimlessly until they are swept into the gutter like dead leaves. On rainy days you can hear their chorus rushing past.
         

So many words get lost. They leave the mouthand lose their courage, wandering aimlessly until they are swept into the gutter like dead leaves. On rainy days you can hear their chorus rushing past.


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Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.



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What about you? Are you happiest and saddest right now that you've ever been?" "Of course I am." "Why?" "Because nothing makes me happier and nothing makes me sadder than you.

What about you? Are you happiest and saddest right now that you've ever been?" "Of course I am." "Why?" "Because nothing makes me happier and nothing makes me sadder than you.



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.

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.



To hike out alone in the desert; to sleep on the valley floor on a night with no moon, in the pitch black, just listening to the boom of silence: you can't imagine what that's like.

To hike out alone in the desert; to sleep on the valley floor on a night with no moon, in the pitch black, just listening to the boom of silence: you can't imagine what that's like.



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.

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.



When will you learn that there isn't a word for everything?

When will you learn that there isn't a word for everything?



I've reached the age where bruises are formed from failures within rather than accidents without.

I've reached the age where bruises are formed from failures within rather than accidents without.



The accolades, just like the scrapes and bruises, fade in the end, and all you're left with is your ambition.

The accolades, just like the scrapes and bruises, fade in the end, and all you're left with is your ambition.





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Consciousness is always open to many possibilities because it involves play. It is always an adventure.



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Don't believe me, don't believe yourself, and don't believe anyone else.



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