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> [“I was a closed book, a rolled map, a dark territory, uncharted; I was surprised by my urgency, but after all, to be known was to exist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-heilig/i-was-a-closed-book-a-rolled-map-a-dark-territory-uncharted-i-was/)

[Heidi Heilig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-heilig/)

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## More by Heidi Heilig

> [“I was a closed book, a rolled map, a dark territory, uncharted; I was surprised by my urgency, but after all, to be known…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-heilig/i-was-a-closed-book-a-rolled-map-a-dark-territory-uncharted-i-was/)

[Heidi Heilig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-heilig/)

> [“Dressed that way, he looked almost like any other New Yorker. It was only he nervous shifting of his eyes that hinted at discomfort,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-heilig/dressed-that-way-he-looked-almost-like-any-other-new-yorker-it-was/)

[Heidi Heilig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-heilig/)

> [“His death, my pain. Sacrifice is always shared”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-heilig/his-death-my-pain-sacrifice-is-always-shared/)

[Heidi Heilig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-heilig/)

> [“We have shelves full of maps of places that only used to exist. Everything unique is vanishing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-heilig/we-have-shelves-full-of-maps-of-places-that-only-used-to-exist/)

[Heidi Heilig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-heilig/)

> [“Sometimes a person has to let go of something to take hold of something else. You always have to choose what's more important.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-heilig/sometimes-a-person-has-to-let-go-of-something-to-take-hold-of/)

[Heidi Heilig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-heilig/)

> [“But, as was so often the case, the reality was different from what I’d imagined.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-heilig/but-as-was-so-often-the-case-the-reality-was-different-from-what-i-d/)

[Heidi Heilig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-heilig/)

> [“Sometimes a person has to let go of something to take hold of something else.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-heilig/sometimes-a-person-has-to-let-go-of-something-to-take-hold-of-2/)

[Heidi Heilig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-heilig/)

> [“Last night, there had been so much to say, but tomorrow had become today, and everything was different.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-heilig/last-night-there-had-been-so-much-to-say-but-tomorrow-had-become/)

[Heidi Heilig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-heilig/)

> [“The moment stretched like a rack and I writhed upon it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-heilig/the-moment-stretched-like-a-rack-and-i-writhed-upon-it/)

[Heidi Heilig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-heilig/)

> [“Mist rose around us like the souls of drowned sailors, and the only sound was the muted hollow music of waves moving along the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-heilig/mist-rose-around-us-like-the-souls-of-drowned-sailors-and-the-only/)

[Heidi Heilig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-heilig/)

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