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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
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Nicole Krauss
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: August 18
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I scowled at the world. And the world scowled back. We were locked in a stare of mutual disgust.
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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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...larger than life...I've never understood that expression. What's larger than life?
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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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