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, The History of Love

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The little boy I watched throwing pebbles into the empty fountain … You could tell that he had too much wisdom for his age. Probably he believed that he wasn’t made for this world. I wanted to say to him: If not you, who? Nicole Krauss

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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, The History of Love

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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.”

- The History of Love

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“a boy is truth with dirt on it’s face, beauty with a cut on its finger, wisdom with bubble gum in its hair, and the hope of the future with a frog in its pocket.”

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