At the end, all that’s left of you are your possessions. Perhaps that’s why I’ve never been able to throw anything away. Perhaps that’s why I hoarded the world: with the hope that when I died, the sum total of my things would suggest a life larger than the one I lived.

Nicole Krauss (The History of Love: A Novel)

(Source: kari-shma)

Quote tagged as: reblog - Reblog from quote-book