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> [“Once upon a time, the great big world outside Bridgeton had seemed like Xanadu - miles of golden road lined with smiling people, waiting to usher me through hundreds of open doors. There was nothing out there but bright light…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-rosenfield/once-upon-a-time-the-great-big-world-outside-bridgeton-had-seemed/)

[Kat Rosenfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-rosenfield/)

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## More by Kat Rosenfield

> [“She was dry, dry inside like a ten-thousand-year-old tomb, with the last of her life barely dampening the dirt underneath.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-rosenfield/she-was-dry-dry-inside-like-a-ten-thousand-year-old-tomb-with-the/)

[Kat Rosenfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-rosenfield/)

> [“That girl, dead and gone, her spirit trapped forever just inside town limits—she'd come from someplace, was going somewhere. Until destiny had stepped into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-rosenfield/that-girl-dead-and-gone-her-spirit-trapped-forever-just-inside-town/)

[Kat Rosenfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-rosenfield/)

> [“It was there that I wanted, out there somewhere, when I sat elbow-to-elbow with my giggling friends and let my thoughts swirl up and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-rosenfield/it-was-there-that-i-wanted-out-there-somewhere-when-i-sat-elbow-to/)

[Kat Rosenfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-rosenfield/)

> [“Murder in a small town is always more than a paragraph in the local paper. In a place so insulated, where lives are so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-rosenfield/murder-in-a-small-town-is-always-more-than-a-paragraph-in-the-local/)

[Kat Rosenfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-rosenfield/)

> [“So from now on, screw "perfect." Forget for a while about what kind of person you want to be, and just be the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-rosenfield/so-from-now-on-screw-perfect-forget-for-a-while-about-what-kind-of/)

[Kat Rosenfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-rosenfield/)

> [“There was not supposed to be blood on the road. That girl, dead and gone, her spirit trapped forever just inside town limits-- she'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-rosenfield/there-was-not-supposed-to-be-blood-on-the-road-that-girl-dead-and/)

[Kat Rosenfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-rosenfield/)

> [“Once upon a time, the great big world outside Bridgeton had seemed like Xanadu - miles of golden road lined with smiling people, waiting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-rosenfield/once-upon-a-time-the-great-big-world-outside-bridgeton-had-seemed/)

[Kat Rosenfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-rosenfield/)

> [“I'd seen it happen, how hard it was to get out. Every year, one or two kids would visit from college for a long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-rosenfield/i-d-seen-it-happen-how-hard-it-was-to-get-out-every-year-one-or-two/)

[Kat Rosenfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-rosenfield/)

> [“I have learned that knowing where you're going means remembering where you've been. I'm not afraid of what lurks behind me, or ahead.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-rosenfield/i-have-learned-that-knowing-where-you-re-going-means-remembering/)

[Kat Rosenfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-rosenfield/)

> [“Our knowledge has no memory. We have always lived here; what we know has always been.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-rosenfield/our-knowledge-has-no-memory-we-have-always-lived-here-what-we-know/)

[Kat Rosenfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-rosenfield/)

> [“When you made plans, the saboteurs came out to play.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-rosenfield/when-you-made-plans-the-saboteurs-came-out-to-play/)

[Kat Rosenfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-rosenfield/)

> [“There is no narrative now, no “And then,” only a disjointed series of images. A pile of photographs I’ve flipped through so many times…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-rosenfield/there-is-no-narrative-now-no-and-then-only-a-disjointed-series-of/)

[Kat Rosenfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-rosenfield/)

> [“In a small town, unexplained tragedy can only go so long before it grows teeth, sprouts sharp claws, and turns, snarling, on its own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-rosenfield/in-a-small-town-unexplained-tragedy-can-only-go-so-long-before-it/)

[Kat Rosenfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-rosenfield/)

> [“I shook my head. "it's not about living in a city." It wasn't. Back then, it wasn't just getting away. It was about not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-rosenfield/i-shook-my-head-it-s-not-about-living-in-a-city-it-wasn-t-back-then/)

[Kat Rosenfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-rosenfield/)

> [“I have learned that knowing where you’re going means remembering where you’ve been. I’m not afraid of what lurks behind me, or ahead. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-rosenfield/i-have-learned-that-knowing-where-you-re-going-means-remembering-2/)

[Kat Rosenfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-rosenfield/)

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