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Truth Quotes by Nicole Krauss

10 Truth quotes by Nicole Krauss

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When you’re looking for a quick glimpse into how Nicole Krauss wrestles with honesty, this handful of ten thoughts offers a clear, personal window. It’s a modest selection, but each line carries the quiet weight of her literary voice, giving you a taste of the themes that surface across her work.

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He learned to live with the truth. Not to accept it, but to live with it.

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The truth is the thing I invented so I could live.

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“The truth is the thing I invented so that I could survive.”

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“You hear a sound and it's truth turning in its grave.”

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“Sooner or later she'll figure out the truth: you're a shell of a man, all she has to do is knock against…

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The truth is that she told me she couldn't love me. When she said goodbye, she was saying goodbye forever. And yet.…

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I like to think the world wasn't ready for me, but maybe the truth is that I wasn't ready for the world.…

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The truth was I'd given up waiting long ago. The moment had passed, the door between the lives we could have led…

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“Narrative cannot sustain formlessness any more than light can sustain darkness - it is the antithesis of formlessness, and so it can…

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He learned to live with the truth. Not to accept it, but to live with it. It was like living with an…

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