Love is one kind of occupation. But there are many others.
Nicole Krauss – Great House
Love’s Occupations
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Books based on imaginary events, people, and places.
Love is one kind of occupation. But there are many others.
Nicole Krauss – Great House
Silence is a protective coating over pain.
Nicole Krauss – Great House
Time was the longest distance between two places.
Nicole Krauss – Great House
In the end, we are collected works of our hundreds of fears.
Nicole Krauss – Great House
What is a word but an intention thrown into the world?
Nicole Krauss – Great House
To lose a passport was the least of one’s losses. To lose a notebook was a catastrophe.
Nicole Krauss – Great House
Sometimes one has to pretend, and then the pretending becomes true.
Nicole Krauss – Great House
Life, I’ve learned, is never fair. If they teach anything in schools, that should be it.
Nicole Krauss – Great House
We leave marks on each other. We are written in the annals of each other’s lives.
Nicole Krauss – Great House
If you desire to see, learn how to act.
Nicole Krauss – Great House