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When i got older i decided i wanted to be a real writer. i tried to write about real things. i wanted to describe the world, because to live in an undescribed world was too lonely.
-Nicole Krauss
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When I Got Older I Decided I

Nicole Krauss
When i got older i decided i wanted to be a real writer. i tried to write about real things. i wanted to describe the world, because to live in an undescribed world was too lonely.
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