Nicole Krauss Quotes

1974

Nicole Krauss (born 1974) is an American writer.

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.

P. 11 (The History of Love (2005))

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At night the sky is pure astromomy.

Nicole Krauss
— From her book, Man Walks Into a Room (2002, pg. 4).

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When I got older I decided I wanted to be a real writer. I tried to write about real things. I wanted to describe the world, because to live in an undescribed world was too lonely.

Nicole Krauss
— P. 7 (The History of Love (2005))

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Even after the only person whose opinion I cared about left on a boat for America, I continued to fill pages with her name.

Nicole Krauss
— P. 8 (The History of Love (2005))

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When I got up again, I'd shed the only part of me that had ever thought I'd find words for even the smallest bit of life.

Nicole Krauss
— P. 8 (The History of Love (2005))

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These things were lost to oblivion like so much about so many who are born and die without anyone ever taking the time to write it all down.

Nicole Krauss
— P. 70 (The History of Love (2005))

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Perhaps that is what it means to be a father- to teach your child to live without you. If so, no one was a greater father than I.

Nicole Krauss
— P. 164 (The History of Love (2005))

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