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> [“He stands with his hands in his pockets, well-dressed and self-assured, with his life before him and a plush armchair behind him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-de-waal/he-stands-with-his-hands-in-his-pockets-well-dressed-and-self-assured/)

[Edmund de Waal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-de-waal/)

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## More by Edmund de Waal

> [“I do not know where Viktor and Rudolf were taken. I cannot find the records. I never Elisabeth or Iggie. It is possible that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-de-waal/i-do-not-know-where-viktor-and-rudolf-were-taken-i-cannot-find-the/)

[Edmund de Waal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-de-waal/)

> [“And I'm not entitled to nostalgia about all that lost wealth and glamour from a century ago. And I am not interested in thin.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-de-waal/and-i-m-not-entitled-to-nostalgia-about-all-that-lost-wealth-and/)

[Edmund de Waal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-de-waal/)

> [“And someone turns out the lights in the library, as if being in the dark will make them invisible, but the noise reaches into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-de-waal/and-someone-turns-out-the-lights-in-the-library-as-if-being-in-the/)

[Edmund de Waal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-de-waal/)

> [“Does assimilation mean that they never came up against naked prejudice? Does it mean that you understood where the limits of your social world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-de-waal/does-assimilation-mean-that-they-never-came-up-against-naked/)

[Edmund de Waal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-de-waal/)

> [“The house wasn't theirs anymore. It was full of people, some in uniforms and some in suits. People counting rooms, making lists of objects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-de-waal/the-house-wasn-t-theirs-anymore-it-was-full-of-people-some-in/)

[Edmund de Waal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-de-waal/)

> [“It makes me wonder what belonging to a place means. Charles died a Russian in Paris. Viktor called it wrong and was a Russian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-de-waal/it-makes-me-wonder-what-belonging-to-a-place-means-charles-died-a/)

[Edmund de Waal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-de-waal/)

> [“There is something about that burning of all those letters that gives me pause: why should everything be made clear and be brought into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-de-waal/there-is-something-about-that-burning-of-all-those-letters-that-gives/)

[Edmund de Waal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-de-waal/)

> [“He stands with his hands in his pockets, well-dressed and self-assured, with his life before him and a plush armchair behind him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-de-waal/he-stands-with-his-hands-in-his-pockets-well-dressed-and-self-assured/)

[Edmund de Waal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-de-waal/)

> [“You just hope, if you make things as I do, that they can make their way in the world and have some longevity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-de-waal/you-just-hope-if-you-make-things-as-i-do-that-they-can-make-their-way/)

[Edmund de Waal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-de-waal/)

> [“Stories and objects share something, a patina...Perhaps patina is a process of rubbing back so that the essential is revealed...But it also seems additive,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-de-waal/stories-and-objects-share-something-a-patina-perhaps-patina-is-a/)

[Edmund de Waal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-de-waal/)

> [“Kövecses radiated the sense of self-sufficiency that comes about when there are lots of children in a big house.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-de-waal/k-vecses-radiated-the-sense-of-self-sufficiency-that-comes-about-when/)

[Edmund de Waal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-de-waal/)

> [“The vitrines exist so that you can see objects, but not touch them: they frame things, suspend them, tantalise through distance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-de-waal/the-vitrines-exist-so-that-you-can-see-objects-but-not-touch-them/)

[Edmund de Waal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-de-waal/)

> [The problem is that I am in the wrong century to burn things. I am the wrong generation to let it go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-de-waal/the-problem-is-that-i-am-in-the-wrong-century-to-burn-things-i-am-the/)

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> [“How objects are handed on is all about story-telling. I am giving you this because I love you. Or because it was given to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-de-waal/how-objects-are-handed-on-is-all-about-story-telling-i-am-giving-you/)

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> [“Japanese things - laquers, netsuke, prints - conjure a picture of a place where sensations are always new, where art pours out of daily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-de-waal/japanese-things-laquers-netsuke-prints-conjure-a-picture-of-a-place/)

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