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> [“I am, I believe, a young man on whom a grand joke is being played, fated to live one century, perhaps a second, perhaps a third, only to be scrubbed and rescrubbed from the record, to exit, if I ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kraus/i-am-i-believe-a-young-man-on-whom-a-grand-joke-is-being-played-fated/)

[Daniel Kraus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kraus/)

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## More by Daniel Kraus

> [“Amerika's story is always going to be yours. White. Male. Probably rich. You're Rome and we all know what happened to Rome. Empire gets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kraus/amerika-s-story-is-always-going-to-be-yours-white-male-probably-rich/)

[Daniel Kraus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kraus/)

> [“Such a shovel, it seemed a waste not to use it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kraus/such-a-shovel-it-seemed-a-waste-not-to-use-it/)

[Daniel Kraus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kraus/)

> [“What you do with your time alive defines you, Reader, but hear me, I beg you, when I say that you are not done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kraus/what-you-do-with-your-time-alive-defines-you-reader-but-hear-me-i-beg/)

[Daniel Kraus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kraus/)

> [“If nothing else, books are conversations from beyond the grave. Am I anything at all, Reader, besides this manuscript you hold?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kraus/if-nothing-else-books-are-conversations-from-beyond-the-grave-am-i/)

[Daniel Kraus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kraus/)

> [“The weathered dairy barn, the wilted chicken coop, the leaning corn crib, the corroded silos-- all were revealed as structures of utility and grace.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kraus/the-weathered-dairy-barn-the-wilted-chicken-coop-the-leaning-corn/)

[Daniel Kraus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kraus/)

> [“Darkness is a defining characteristic of Rotters. But it’s worthy to remember that darkness is just that—it’s dark—and what is being concealed in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kraus/darkness-is-a-defining-characteristic-of-rotters-but-it-s-worthy-to/)

[Daniel Kraus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kraus/)

> [“I marched along, foot after foot, imagining my own autopsy. It would look much like America's; flesh that had turned too quickly for someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kraus/i-marched-along-foot-after-foot-imagining-my-own-autopsy-it-would/)

[Daniel Kraus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kraus/)

> [“We are one miracle inter-linked with another, and another, and another, entire heavens located upon this single page as well as inside the fingertip…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kraus/we-are-one-miracle-inter-linked-with-another-and-another-and-another/)

[Daniel Kraus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kraus/)

> [“I am, I believe, a young man on whom a grand joke is being played, fated to live one century, perhaps a second, perhaps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kraus/i-am-i-believe-a-young-man-on-whom-a-grand-joke-is-being-played-fated/)

[Daniel Kraus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kraus/)

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