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> [“When you're a child, what you see and hear and comprehend can be sorted into little boxes. Then, as you live and learn, all those boxes open up and become rooms. The more you experience, the bigger those rooms get.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikki-wakefield/when-you-re-a-child-what-you-see-and-hear-and-comprehend-can-be/)

[Vikki Wakefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikki-wakefield/)

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## Other authors on Getting lost

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## More by Vikki Wakefield

> [“I want to let go of everything, every nagging little part of me that wants to stop because this is the vortex. The quicksand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikki-wakefield/i-want-to-let-go-of-everything-every-nagging-little-part-of-me-that/)

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> [“I thought about loneliness. How its not something you catch and mostly we choose it. How a trouble shared is a trouble halved but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikki-wakefield/i-thought-about-loneliness-how-its-not-something-you-catch-and-mostly/)

[Vikki Wakefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikki-wakefield/)

> [“We need our monsters to know what it is to be human.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikki-wakefield/we-need-our-monsters-to-know-what-it-is-to-be-human/)

[Vikki Wakefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikki-wakefield/)

> [“So you're all alone. And, for a short while, at least until it sinks in, you can fake anything.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikki-wakefield/so-you-re-all-alone-and-for-a-short-while-at-least-until-it-sinks-in/)

[Vikki Wakefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikki-wakefield/)

> [“I was the sum of two people, one dead, the other unknown.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikki-wakefield/i-was-the-sum-of-two-people-one-dead-the-other-unknown/)

[Vikki Wakefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikki-wakefield/)

> [“I've had so much time to think that my words have deserted. All that's left is the ache and frustration of being alive -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikki-wakefield/i-ve-had-so-much-time-to-think-that-my-words-have-deserted-all-that-s/)

[Vikki Wakefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikki-wakefield/)

> [“You can't always make good choices. Sometimes you have to settle for making a choice you can live with.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikki-wakefield/you-can-t-always-make-good-choices-sometimes-you-have-to-settle-for/)

[Vikki Wakefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikki-wakefield/)

> [“Maybe that was the thing about beginnings - they always seemed better than middles or endings. And if only I ever had beginnings and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikki-wakefield/maybe-that-was-the-thing-about-beginnings-they-always-seemed-better/)

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> [“First one to puke on the carpet is a legend.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikki-wakefield/first-one-to-puke-on-the-carpet-is-a-legend/)

[Vikki Wakefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikki-wakefield/)

> [“Life is full of wrong turns and dead ends and pathways that peter out”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikki-wakefield/life-is-full-of-wrong-turns-and-dead-ends-and-pathways-that-peter-out/)

[Vikki Wakefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikki-wakefield/)

> [“I wanted to live, to take the open road before me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikki-wakefield/i-wanted-to-live-to-take-the-open-road-before-me/)

[Vikki Wakefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikki-wakefield/)

> [“Some kinds of crazy you make for yourself, others you inherit”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikki-wakefield/some-kinds-of-crazy-you-make-for-yourself-others-you-inherit/)

[Vikki Wakefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikki-wakefield/)

> [“Throw stones, make waves. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikki-wakefield/throw-stones-make-waves-rage-rage-against-the-dying-of-the-light/)

[Vikki Wakefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikki-wakefield/)

> [“I know that this is as close as I'll ever get. He's broken in ways I'm not.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikki-wakefield/i-know-that-this-is-as-close-as-i-ll-ever-get-he-s-broken-in-ways-i-m/)

[Vikki Wakefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikki-wakefield/)

> [“Where you've been isn't as important as where you're headed”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikki-wakefield/where-you-ve-been-isn-t-as-important-as-where-you-re-headed/)

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