Sadness Quotes by Nicole Krauss

10 Sadness quotes by Nicole Krauss

Nicole Krauss approaches melancholy with a quiet, almost reverent tone. In these ten brief quotes she lets the weight of feeling settle, offering a space where the reader can sit with the ache without being overwhelmed.

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Even among the angels, there is the sadness of division.

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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…

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“I won't waste your time with the injuries of my childhood, with my loneliness, or the fear and sadness of the years…

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If at large gatherings or parties, or around people with whom you feel distant, your hands sometimes hang awkwardly at the ends…

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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…

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“The fear of death haunted me for a year. I cried whenever anyone dropped a glass or broke a picture. But even…

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“She’s kept her love for him as alive as the summer they first met. In order to do this, she’s turned life…

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“I won't waste your time with the injuries of my childhood, with my loneliness, or the fear and sadness of the years…

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“HOW ANGELS SLEEP. Unsoundly. They toss and turn, trying to understand the mystery of the living. They know so little about what…

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“If I had a camera," I said, "I'd take a picture of you every day. That way I'd remember how you looked…

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In one's youth, one has tremendous access to one's feelings. And as one gets older, some of those feelings kind of drift away. But…

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