“Just as there was a first instant when someone rubbed two sticks together to make a spark, there was a first time joy was felt, and a first time for sadness. For a while, new feelings were being invented all the time. Desire was born early, as was regret. When stubbornness was felt for the first time, it started a chain reaction, creating the feeling of resentment on the one hand, and alienation and loneliness on the other. It might have been a certain counterclockwise movement of the hips that marked the birth of ecstasy; a bolt of lightening that caused the feeling of awe. Contrary to logic, the feeling of surprise wasn’t born immediately. It only came after people had enough time to get used to things as they were. And when enough time had passed, and someone felt the first feeling of surprise, someone, somewhere else, felt the first pang of nostalgia.” The History Of Love Book:The History of Love Source: The History of Love
“She abandoned the garden, and the mums and asters that had trusted her to see them through to the first frost hung their waterlogged heads.” DepressionGardenThe History Of LoveNicole Krauss Book:The History of Love Source: The History of Love
“All these years Litvinoff had imagined he was so much like his friend. He’d prided himself on what he considered their similarities. But the truth was that he was no more like the man fighting a fever in bed ten feet away than he was like the cat that had just slunk off: they were different species.” The History Of Love Author:Nicole Krauss
“If you don't know what it feels like to have someone you love put a hand below your bottom rib for the first time, what chance is there for love?” The History Of Love Author:Leopold Gursky