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> [Do you ever get the feeling like you already know the entire contents of the universe somewhere inside of your head, as if you were born with a complete map of this world already grafted onto the folds of your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reif-larsen/do-you-ever-get-the-feeling-like-you-already-know-the-entire-contents/)

[Reif Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reif-larsen/)

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## More by Reif Larsen

> [“Adults were pack rats of old, useless emotions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reif-larsen/adults-were-pack-rats-of-old-useless-emotions/)

[Reif Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reif-larsen/)

> [“What happened to all the historical detritus in the world? Some of it made it into drawers of museums, okay, but what about all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reif-larsen/what-happened-to-all-the-historical-detritus-in-the-world-some-of-it/)

[Reif Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reif-larsen/)

> [A novel is a tricky thing to map.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reif-larsen/a-novel-is-a-tricky-thing-to-map/)

[Reif Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reif-larsen/)

> [I suddenly had an idea of how adults can hold on to a feeling for very long periods of time, long after the event…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reif-larsen/i-suddenly-had-an-idea-of-how-adults-can-hold-on-to-a-feeling-for/)

[Reif Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reif-larsen/)

> [I was only twelve, but through the slow, inevitable burn of a thousand sunrises and sunsets, a thousand maps traced and retraced, I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reif-larsen/i-was-only-twelve-but-through-the-slow-inevitable-burn-of-a-thousand/)

[Reif Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reif-larsen/)

> [How many snapshots in the world were actually just-after shots, the moment that elicited the shooter to press the button never captured; instead, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reif-larsen/how-many-snapshots-in-the-world-were-actually-just-after-shots-the/)

[Reif Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reif-larsen/)

> [Do you ever get the feeling like you already know the entire contents of the universe somewhere inside of your head, as if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reif-larsen/do-you-ever-get-the-feeling-like-you-already-know-the-entire-contents/)

[Reif Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reif-larsen/)

> [I do love the sound of ripping corn husks. The violence of the noise, the sustained popping and shoring of the silky organic threads,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reif-larsen/i-do-love-the-sound-of-ripping-corn-husks-the-violence-of-the-noise/)

[Reif Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reif-larsen/)

> [A map does not just chart, it unlocks and formulates meaning; it forms bridges between here and there, between disparate ideas that we did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reif-larsen/a-map-does-not-just-chart-it-unlocks-and-formulates-meaning-it-forms/)

[Reif Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reif-larsen/)

> [Writing a novel is always complicated, it's not like you snap your fingers and go, 'Ah, I know what I'll write'. For me, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reif-larsen/writing-a-novel-is-always-complicated-it-s-not-like-you-snap-your/)

[Reif Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reif-larsen/)

> [A text is evolutionary by its very nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reif-larsen/a-text-is-evolutionary-by-its-very-nature/)

[Reif Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reif-larsen/)

> [“Dr. Clair looked at Layton. The mancala pieces were still in her hand. If Angela Ashforth ever says anything like that to you again,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reif-larsen/dr-clair-looked-at-layton-the-mancala-pieces-were-still-in-her-hand/)

[Reif Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reif-larsen/)

> [“I suppose he represented the worst of what rural life can do to a man: he was racist, uneducated, and badly in need of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reif-larsen/i-suppose-he-represented-the-worst-of-what-rural-life-can-do-to-a-man/)

[Reif Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reif-larsen/)

> [“Whenever I smelled the same perfume on other women, no matter where I was, I was instantly transported back to that feeling of discovery.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reif-larsen/whenever-i-smelled-the-same-perfume-on-other-women-no-matter-where-i/)

[Reif Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reif-larsen/)

> [“I'm a practicing Zen Buddhist and I'm influenced by my readings in that tradition, such as the notion that everyone is born a perfect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reif-larsen/i-m-a-practicing-zen-buddhist-and-i-m-influenced-by-my-readings-in/)

[Reif Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reif-larsen/)

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