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...we take comfort in the symmetries we find in life because they suggest a design where there is none.
Nicole Krauss
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Nicole Krauss
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: August 18
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Don’t you see?” I said. “He could change every detail, but he couldn’t change her.” “But why?” His obtuseness frustrated me. “Because he was in love with her!” I said. “Because, to him, she was the only thing that was real.
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The moment had passed, the door between the lives we could have led and the lives we led had shut in our faces.
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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.
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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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I walked down my snow covered street. Out of habit I turned and checked for my footsteps. When I arrived at my building I looked for my name on the buzzers. And because I know that sometimes I see things that aren't there, after dinner I called Information to ask if I was listed.(25)
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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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