--- title: "18 Sometimes Quotes By Nicole Krauss" description: "18 Sometimes quotes by Nicole Krauss. Plus more from Nicole Krauss and more Sometimes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/088/nicole-krauss-920_death_sometimes-i-forget-that-the-world-is-not_141309.png" --- > [Sometimes I forget that the world is not on the same schedule as I. That everything is not dying, or that if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/sometimes-i-forget-that-the-world-is-not-on-the-same-schedule-as-i/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/088/nicole-krauss-920_death_sometimes-i-forget-that-the-world-is-not_141309.png) > [I do realize that the reader needs some form of resolution. Sometimes I think of it almost like writing a musical score…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/i-do-realize-that-the-reader-needs-some-form-of-resolution-sometimes/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01b/nicole-krauss-920_books_i-do-realize-that-the-reader-needs-some_2543335.jpg) > [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) > [I have a very strong sense of architecture in my novels. But at first it's sometimes like building a doorknob before you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/i-have-a-very-strong-sense-of-architecture-in-my-novels-but-at-first/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32f/nicole-krauss-920_architecture_i-have-a-very-strong-sense-of-architectu_3061437.jpg) > [...our eyes locked in one of those looks that sometimes happen between strangers, when both wordlessly agree that reality contains sinkholes whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/our-eyes-locked-in-one-of-those-looks-that-sometimes-happen-between/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d58/nicole-krauss-920_agree_our-eyes-locked-in-one-of-those-looks-th_993690.png) > [Sometimes I get the feeling that we're just a bunch of habits. The gestures we repeat over and over, they're just our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/sometimes-i-get-the-feeling-that-we-re-just-a-bunch-of-habits-the/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/086/nicole-krauss-920_bunch_sometimes-i-get-the-feeling-that-we-re-j_2651572.png) > [That's what I do. Watch movies and read. Sometimes I even pretend to write, but I'm not fooling anyone. Oh, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/that-s-what-i-do-watch-movies-and-read-sometimes-i-even-pretend-to/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3d/nicole-krauss-920_mailboxes_that-s-what-i-do-watch-movies-and-read-s_2432145.png) > [Sometimes I thought about nothing and sometimes I thought about my life. At least I made a living. What kind of living?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/sometimes-i-thought-about-nothing-and-sometimes-i-thought-about-my/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/263/nicole-krauss-920_easy_sometimes-i-thought-about-nothing-and-so_2721188.png) > [Sometimes just to paint a head you have to give up the whole figure. To paint a leaf, you have to sacrifice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/sometimes-just-to-paint-a-head-you-have-to-give-up-the-whole-figure/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bb/nicole-krauss-920_artist_sometimes-just-to-paint-a-head-you-have_403967.png) > [If at large gatherings or parties, or around people with whom you feel distant, your hands sometimes hang awkwardly at the ends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/if-at-large-gatherings-or-parties-or-around-people-with-whom-you-feel/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3c/nicole-krauss-920_arms_if-at-large-gatherings-or-parties-or-aro_1280420.jpg) > [I'm not immune to the readers' desires. Sometimes they are my own, because I'm a reader, too. The readers' desire to know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/i-m-not-immune-to-the-readers-desires-sometimes-they-are-my-own/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7c/nicole-krauss-920_books_i-m-not-immune-to-the-readers-desires-so_2379734.png) > [You’re lost in your own world, in the things that happen there, and you’ve locked all the doors. Sometimes I look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/you-re-lost-in-your-own-world-in-the-things-that-happen-there-and-you/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/915/nicole-krauss-920_awake_you-re-lost-in-your-own-world-in-the-thi_609659.png) > [I try to make a point of being seen. Sometimes when I'm out, I'll buy a juice even when I'm not thirsty.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/i-try-to-make-a-point-of-being-seen-sometimes-when-i-m-out-i-ll-buy-a/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/nicole-krauss-920_change_i-try-to-make-a-point-of-being-seen-some_2063178.jpg) > [Sometimes, waking early before the others, wandering the rooms wrapped in a blanket or drinking my tea in the empty kitchen, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/sometimes-waking-early-before-the-others-wandering-the-rooms-wrapped/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b78/nicole-krauss-920_blanket_sometimes-waking-early-before-the-others_3228053.jpg) > [I walked down my snow covered street. Out of habit I turned and checked for my footsteps. When I arrived at my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/i-walked-down-my-snow-covered-street-out-of-habit-i-turned-and/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/934/nicole-krauss-920_building_i-walked-down-my-snow-covered-street-out_250143.png) > [We move through the day like two hands of a clock: sometimes we overlap for a moment, then come apart again, carrying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/we-move-through-the-day-like-two-hands-of-a-clock-sometimes-we/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b72/nicole-krauss-920_apart_we-move-through-the-day-like-two-hands-o_1116085.jpg) > [You're looking for ways always as the writer to bring readers into intimacy, you with them with you. Photos can sometimes do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/you-re-looking-for-ways-always-as-the-writer-to-bring-readers-into/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e38/nicole-krauss-920_books_you-re-looking-for-ways-always-as-the-wr_1507843.jpg) > [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) ## Other authors on Sometimes ## 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/sometimes/nicole-krauss/#itemlist", "name": "18 Sometimes Quotes By Nicole Krauss", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sometimes I forget that the world is not on the same schedule as I. 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