--- title: "14 Said Quotes By Nicole Krauss" description: "14 Said quotes by Nicole Krauss. Plus more from Nicole Krauss and more Said sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/nicole-krauss-920_importance_i-smiled-back-the-importance-of-manners_2617004.png" --- > [I smiled back, the importance of manners, my mother always said, is inversely related to how inclined one is to use them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/i-smiled-back-the-importance-of-manners-my-mother-always-said-is/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/nicole-krauss-920_importance_i-smiled-back-the-importance-of-manners_2617004.png) > [If I had a camera,' I said, 'I'd take a picture of you every day. That way I'd remember how you looked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/if-i-had-a-camera-i-said-i-d-take-a-picture-of-you-every-day-that-way/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46a/nicole-krauss-920_camera_if-i-had-a-camera-i-said-i-d-take-a-pict_507302.png) > [The truth is that she told me she couldn't love me. When she said goodbye, she was saying goodbye forever. And yet.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/the-truth-is-that-she-told-me-she-couldn-t-love-me-when-she-said/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b83/nicole-krauss-920_asking_the-truth-is-that-she-told-me-she-couldn_2583242.jpg) > [Later - when things happened that they could never have imagined - she wrote him a letter that said: When will you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/later-when-things-happened-that-they-could-never-have-imagined-she/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66c/nicole-krauss-920_language_later-when-things-happened-that-they-cou_1911579.png) > [Don’t you see?” I said. “He could change every detail, but he couldn’t change her.” “But why?” His obtuseness frustrated me. “Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/don-t-you-see-i-said-he-could-change-every-detail-but-he-couldn-t/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cce/nicole-krauss-920_details_don-t-you-see-i-said-he-could-change-eve_644776.jpg) > [Then I turned the page and at the top it said THINGS I MISS ABOUT M and there was a list of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/then-i-turned-the-page-and-at-the-top-it-said-things-i-miss-about-m/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6f/nicole-krauss-920_firsts_then-i-turned-the-page-and-at-the-top-it_958400.png) > [Sometimes no length of string is long enough to say the thing that needs to be said. In such cases all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/sometimes-no-length-of-string-is-long-enough-to-say-the-thing-that/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f61/nicole-krauss-920_cases_sometimes-no-length-of-string-is-long-en_55898.png) > [Franz Kafka is dead. He died in a tree from which he wouldn't come down. "Come down!" they cried to him. "Come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/franz-kafka-is-dead-he-died-in-a-tree-from-which-he-wouldn-t-come/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/nicole-krauss-920_asking_franz-kafka-is-dead-he-died-in-a-tree-fr_290035.jpg) > [Mom?" I said. She turned. "Can I talk to you about something?" "Of course, darling. Come here." I took a few steps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/mom-i-said-she-turned-can-i-talk-to-you-about-something-of-course/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef7/nicole-krauss-920_arms_mom-i-said-she-turned-can-i-talk-to-you_24416.jpg) > [("Let's stand under a tree," she said. "Why?" "Because it's nicer." "Maybe you should sit on a chair, and I'll stand above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/let-s-stand-under-a-tree-she-said-why-because-it-s-nicer-maybe-you/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/631/nicole-krauss-920_chairs_let-s-stand-under-a-tree-she-said-why-be_887604.png) > [Now we'd known each other for two years, the side of my calf was touching his shins, and his stomach was against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/now-we-d-known-each-other-for-two-years-the-side-of-my-calf-was/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/nicole-krauss-920_be-my-girlfriend_now-we-d-known-each-other-for-two-years_1044441.png) > [That he liked to think of himself as a philosopher. That he questioned all things, even the most simple, to the extent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/that-he-liked-to-think-of-himself-as-a-philosopher-that-he-questioned/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c24/nicole-krauss-920_answers_that-he-liked-to-think-of-himself-as-a-p_655046.png) > [He held my hand and told me a story about when he was six and threw a rock at a kid's head…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/he-held-my-hand-and-told-me-a-story-about-when-he-was-six-and-threw-a/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc2/nicole-krauss-920_bothered_he-held-my-hand-and-told-me-a-story-abou_2445698.png) > [“One day she marched around the side of the house and confronted me. "I've seen you out there every day for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/one-day-she-marched-around-the-side-of-the-house-and-confronted-me-i/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38f/nicole-krauss-920_confronted_one-day-she-marched-around-the-side-of-t_291246.png) ## Other authors on Said ## More by Nicole Krauss > [“Narrative cannot sustain formlessness any more than light can sustain darkness - it is the antithesis of formlessness, and so it can never truly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/narrative-cannot-sustain-formlessness-any-more-than-light-can-sustain/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) > [I think of novels as houses. You live in them over the course of a long period, both as a reader and as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/i-think-of-novels-as-houses-you-live-in-them-over-the-course-of-a/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) > [When we went into the ocean, I watched his body as he dove into the waves, and it gave me a feeling in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/when-we-went-into-the-ocean-i-watched-his-body-as-he-dove-into-the/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) > [“There are times when the kindness of strangers only makes matter worse because one realizes how badly one is in need of kindness and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/there-are-times-when-the-kindness-of-strangers-only-makes-matter/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) > [She was gone, and all that was left was the space where you'd grown around her, like a tree that grows around a fence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/she-was-gone-and-all-that-was-left-was-the-space-where-you-d-grown/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) > [“The air felt different in my lungs. The world no longer looked the same. You change and then you change again. You become a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/the-air-felt-different-in-my-lungs-the-world-no-longer-looked-the/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) > [“The first language humans had was gestures. There was nothing primitive about this language that flowed from people’s hands, nothing we say now that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/the-first-language-humans-had-was-gestures-there-was-nothing/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) > [I feel really strongly about not wanting to overly guide the reader about what he or she should think. I really trust the reader…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/i-feel-really-strongly-about-not-wanting-to-overly-guide-the-reader/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) > [Mom?" I said. She turned. "Can I talk to you about something?" "Of course, darling. Come here." I took a few steps into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/mom-i-said-she-turned-can-i-talk-to-you-about-something-of-course/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/in-one-s-youth-one-has-tremendous-access-to-one-s-feelings-and-as-one/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) > [Obviously I've been reading Kafka for a long long time, since I was really young, and even before I ever read him I knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/obviously-i-ve-been-reading-kafka-for-a-long-long-time-since-i-was/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) > [“She's kept her love for him as alive as the summer they first met. In order to do this, she's turned life away. Sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/she-s-kept-her-love-for-him-as-alive-as-the-summer-they-first-met-in/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) > [Sometimes no length of string is long enough to say the thing that needs to be said. In such cases all the string can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/sometimes-no-length-of-string-is-long-enough-to-say-the-thing-that/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) > [“Doesn’t part of the awe that fills us when we confront the unknown come from understanding that, should it at last flood into us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/doesn-t-part-of-the-awe-that-fills-us-when-we-confront-the-unknown/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) > [“I knew how to raise my own child, what did he think it was, a game of Scrabble or Monopoly, there are no rules,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/i-knew-how-to-raise-my-own-child-what-did-he-think-it-was-a-game-of/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/said/nicole-krauss/#itemlist", "name": "14 Said Quotes By Nicole Krauss", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I smiled back, the importance of manners, my mother always said, is inversely related to how inclined one is to use them, or, in other words, sometimes politeness is all that stands between oneself and madness.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nicole Krauss" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/i-smiled-back-the-importance-of-manners-my-mother-always-said-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/nicole-krauss-920_importance_i-smiled-back-the-importance-of-manners_2617004.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/nicole-krauss-920_importance_i-smiled-back-the-importance-of-manners_2617004.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/nicole-krauss-920_importance_i-smiled-back-the-importance-of-manners_2617004.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I smiled back, the importance of manners, my mother always said, is inversely related to how inclined one is…” — Nicole Krauss", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I had a camera,' I said, 'I'd take a picture of you every day. 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