One of us had loved the other more perfectly, had watched the other more closely, and one of us listened and the other hadn't, and one of us held on to the ambition of the one idea far longer than was reasonable, whereas the other, passing a garbage can one night, had casually thrown it away.


Great House (ed. Penguin UK, 2011) - ISBN: 9780141964812

Nicole Krauss Quotes

One of us had loved the other more perfectly, had watched the other more closely, and one of us listened and the other hadn't, and one of us held on...

One of us had loved the other more perfectly, had watched the other more closely, and one of us listened and the other hadn't, and one of us held on...

One of us had loved the other more perfectly, had watched the other more closely, and one of us listened and the other hadn't, and one of us held on...

One of us had loved the other more perfectly, had watched the other more closely, and one of us listened and the other hadn't, and one of us held on...