Nicole Krauss Quotes About Once Upon A Time

Quotes about: Once Upon A Time

• 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, Cute, Romantic

  Nicole Krauss (2006). “The History of Love: A Novel”, p.11, W. W. Norton & Company

• And if the man who once upon a time had been a boy who promised he'd never fall in love with another girl as long as he lived kept his promise, it wasn't because he was stubborn or even loyal. He couldn't help it.

  Nicole Krauss

  Girl, Falling In Love, Boys

  Nicole Krauss (2006). “The History of Love: A Novel”, p.13, W. W. Norton & Company

• Once upon a time there was a boy who lived in a house across the field from a girl who no longer exists. They made up a thousand games. She was Queen and he was King. In the autumn light, her hair shone like a crown. They collected the world in small handfuls. When the sky grew dark they parted with leaves in their hair.

  Nicole Krauss

  Girl, Kings, Queens

  "The History of Love". Book by Nicole Krauss (p.9), 2005.

• Once upon a time you were a fish. How do you know? Because I was also a fish. You, too? Sure. A long time ago. Anyway, being a fish, you knew how to swim. You were a great swimmer. A champion swimmer, you were. You loved the water. Why? What do you mean, why? Why did I love the water? Because it was your life! And as we talked, I would have let him go one finger at a time, until, without his realizing, he'd be floating without me. Perhaps that is what it means to be a father-to teach your child to live without you.

  Nicole Krauss

  Children, Father, Mean

• You’re lost in your own world, in the things that happen there, and you’ve locked all the doors. Sometimes I look at you sleeping. I wake up and look at you and I feel closer to you when you’re like that, unguarded, than when you’re awake. When you’re awake you’re like someone with her eyes closed, watching a movie on the inside of your eyelids. I can’t reach you anymore. Once upon a time I could, but not now, and not for a long time.

  Nicole Krauss

  Sleep, Eye, Doors

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