Nicole Krauss Quotes

1974

Nicole Krauss (born 1974) is an American writer.

P. 7 (The History of Love (2005))

At night the sky is pure astromomy.

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

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))

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))

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.

Nicole Krauss
— P. 11 (The History of Love (2005))

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))

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))