Alone in my room, wrapped in a blanket, I whimpered and talked aloud to myself, recalling the lost … - Nicole Krauss

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Every time I see a film about Joan of Arc I'm convinced she'll get away with it. It's the only way to get through life.

Nicole Krauss

Alone in my room, wrapped in a blanket, I whimpered and talked aloud to myself, recalling the lost glory of my youth when I considered myself, and was considered by others, a bright and capable person. It seemed that was all gone now.

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There was no one to call me to bed, no one to demand that the rhythms of my life operate in a duet.

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I wished to punish her for her intolerable stoicism, which made it impossible for me to ever be truly needed by her in the most profound ways a person can need another, a need that often goes by the name of love.

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The fact that you got a little happier today doesn't change the fact that you also became a little sadder. Every day you become a little more of both, which means that right now, at this exact moment, you're the happiest and saddest you've ever been in your whole life.

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That's what I do. Watch movies and read. Sometimes I even pretend to write, but I'm not fooling anyone. Oh, and I go to the mailbox.

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