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Nicole Krauss Quotes: I was never a man of great ambition I cried too easily I didn't have a head for science Words often failed me While others prayed I only moved my lips
         

I was never a man of great ambition I cried too easily I didn't have a head for science Words often failed me While others prayed I only moved my lips


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That's what I do. Watch movies and read. Sometimes I even pretend to write, but I'm not fooling anyone. Oh, and I go to the mailbox.



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When will you learn that there isn't a word for everything?



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I've reached the age where bruises are formed from failures within rather than accidents without.



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.

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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