"I would not know what to say to……" — Reif Larsen
"I would not know what to say to you, except this: there was never a map that got it all right, and truth and beauty were never married to one another for long."
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12 Quotes by Reif Larsen
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A novel is a tricky thing to map.
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A text is evolutionary by its very nature.
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How many snapshots in the world were actually just-after shots, the moment that elicited the shooter to press the button…
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Outside, there was that predawn kind of clarity, where the momentum of living has not quite captured the day. The…
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I had trouble listening to adults who didn't really mean anything that they said; it was as if their language…
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I do love the sound of ripping corn husks. The violence of the noise, the sustained popping and shoring of…
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Do you ever get the feeling like you already know the entire contents of the universe somewhere inside of your…
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I was only twelve, but through the slow, inevitable burn of a thousand sunrises and sunsets, a thousand maps traced…
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A map does not just chart, it unlocks and formulates meaning; it forms bridges between here and there, between disparate…
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I suddenly had an idea of how adults can hold on to a feeling for very long periods of time,…
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