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The History of Love
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"The History of Love" Quotes

A man writes a book about his lost love, and a young girl sets out to find the truth behind the story.

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Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.

Nicole Krauss

love

A great photographer gets to know each of his models personally.

Nicole Krauss

photography

I have always been a collector. To collect is to gather and hold close. It can be an operation of love.

Nicole Krauss

collectinglove

Once upon a time, there was a boy. He lived in a village that no longer exists, in a house that no longer exists, on the edge of a field that no longer exists, where everything was discovered, and everything was possible.

Nicole Krauss

nostalgia

What about you? Are you a gift to the world too? I'm thinking about the way my fingers feel when I type the letter 'G.'

Nicole Krauss

self-discovery

I don't know if you've ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just not be aware that you do exist.

Nicole Krauss

emotional struggle

It was amazing, really, what one could learn to live with.

Nicole Krauss

resilience

I think about the way my fingers feel when I type the letter 'G.'

Nicole Krauss

introspection

What about you? Are you a gift to the world too?

Nicole Krauss

self-discovery

Once upon a time, there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.

Nicole Krauss

love