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Ambition Quote by Nicole Krauss

“I was never a man of great ambition I cried too easily I didn't have a head for science Words often failed me While others prayed I only moved my lips” quote by Nicole Krauss — Download Open image

“I was never a man of great ambition I cried too easily I didn't have a head for science Words often failed me While others prayed I only moved my lips”

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