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Nicole Krauss Quotes about Giving

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

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

Nicole Krauss
Heart, Giving, Mind

The malpractice for advice-giving is like five times as much as a craniotomy.

Nicole Krauss
Giving, Advice, Malpractice
Nicole Krauss (2003). “Man Walks Into a Room”, p.84, Anchor

Why does one begin to write? Because she feels misunderstood, I guess. Because it never comes out clearly enough when she tries to speak. Because she wants to rephrase the world, to take it in and give it back again differently, so that everything is used and nothing is lost. Because it's something to do to pass the time until she is old enough to experience the things she writes about.

Nicole Krauss
Writing, Giving, Misunderstood

I am always coming up with architectural metaphors when I think about writing. But I think one of the things that draw us to literature is that it gives us this very attractive illusion that there is meaning in the world - things connect.

Nicole Krauss
Writing, Thinking, Giving

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