Nicole Krauss Quotes

19. THE WALL OF DICTIONARIES BETWEEN MY MOTHER AND THE WORLD GETS TALLER EVERY YEAR
Sometimes Pages Of The Dictionaries Come Loose And Gather At Her Feet, Shallon, Shalop, Shallot, Shallow, Shalom, Sham, Shaman, Shamble, Like The Petals Of An Immense Flower. When I Was Little, I Thought That The Pages On The Floor Were Words She Would Never Be Able To Use Again, And I Tried To Tape Them Back In Where They Belonged, Out Of Fear That One Day She Would Be Left Silent.

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