. . . larger than life. . . I've never understood that expression. What's larger than life? - Nicole Krauss

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As you know we are facing the end of the Western Civilization by having a market based strategy, we are bringing Western Civilization to its knees by selling private insurance plans on a website where people pick and choose.

Nicole Krauss

. . . larger than life. . . I've never understood that expression. What's larger than life?

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I read differently now, more painstakingly, knowing I am probably revisiting the books I love for the last time. (245)

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Alone in my room, wrapped in a blanket, I whimpered and talked aloud to myself, recalling the lost glory of my youth when I considered myself, and was considered by others, a bright and capable person. It seemed that was all gone now.

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There was no one to call me to bed, no one to demand that the rhythms of my life operate in a duet.

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I wished to punish her for her intolerable stoicism, which made it impossible for me to ever be truly needed by her in the most profound ways a person can need another, a need that often goes by the name of love.

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The fact that you got a little happier today doesn't change the fact that you also became a little sadder. Every day you become a little more of both, which means that right now, at this exact moment, you're the happiest and saddest you've ever been in your whole life.

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You were loved because God loves, period. God loved you, and everyone, not because you believed in certain things, but because you were a mess, and lonely, and His or Her child. God loved you no matter how crazy you felt on the inside, no matter what a fake you were; always, even in your current condition, even before coffee. God loves you crazily, like I love you. . . like a slightly overweight auntie, who sees only your marvelousness and need.

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