When will you learn that there isn't a word for everything?

- Nicole Krauss

lonely people are always up in the middle of the night.

- Nicole Krauss

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

- Nicole Krauss

It's strange what the heart can do when the mind is giving the directions.

- Nicole Krauss

What about you? Are you happiest and saddest right now that you've ever been?" "Of course I am." "Why?" "Because nothing makes me happier and nothing…

- Nicole Krauss

there are two types of people in the world: those who prefer to be sad among others, and those who prefer to be sad alone.

- Nicole Krauss

Even now, all possible feelings do not yet exist, there are still those that lie beyond our capacity and our imagination. From time to time, when a p…

- Nicole Krauss

For her I changed pebbles into diamonds, shoes into mirrors, I changed glass into water, I gave her wings and pulled birds from her ears and in her p…

- Nicole Krauss

It's one of those unforgettable moments that happen as a child, when you discover that all along the world has been betraying you.

- Nicole Krauss