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> [“But there was a fire waiting. And there was a little meal laid out on a blanket. And there was a whole world beyond that shoreline, beyond the forest, beyond the knuckle mountains, beyond, beyond, beyond, not beneath the surface…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-m-danforth/but-there-was-a-fire-waiting-and-there-was-a-little-meal-laid-out-on/)

[Emily M. Danforth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-m-danforth/)

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> [“Then, one on either side, they walked me to the shore, which was black and endless. But there was a fire waiting. And there was a little meal laid out on a blanket. And there was a whole world beyond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-m-danforth/then-one-on-either-side-they-walked-me-to-the-shore-which-was-black/)

[Emily M. Danforth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-m-danforth/)

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## Other authors on Beneath the surface

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## More by Emily M. Danforth

> [“Now there was photographic evidence of me with a girl. Lindsey pack the camera in her duffel while I contemplated the film inside it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-m-danforth/now-there-was-photographic-evidence-of-me-with-a-girl-lindsey-pack/)

[Emily M. Danforth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-m-danforth/)

> [“We were good at this game: We could make it go on for days.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-m-danforth/we-were-good-at-this-game-we-could-make-it-go-on-for-days/)

[Emily M. Danforth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-m-danforth/)

> [“I've got the weed," Jane said, and we all laughed the way you laugh when you're trying to be brave in the face of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-m-danforth/i-ve-got-the-weed-jane-said-and-we-all-laughed-the-way-you-laugh-when/)

[Emily M. Danforth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-m-danforth/)

> [“It felt really good to do something that made no sense at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-m-danforth/it-felt-really-good-to-do-something-that-made-no-sense-at-all/)

[Emily M. Danforth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-m-danforth/)

> [“What is it that I’m doing again?” “You know that already,” she said. “You just think that you don’t, but you do. It’s what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-m-danforth/what-is-it-that-i-m-doing-again-you-know-that-already-she-said-you/)

[Emily M. Danforth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-m-danforth/)

> [“But Ruth was wrong, too. There was more than just one other world beyond ours; there were hundreds and hundreds of them, and at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-m-danforth/but-ruth-was-wrong-too-there-was-more-than-just-one-other-world/)

[Emily M. Danforth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-m-danforth/)

> [“Let's rock this shit.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-m-danforth/let-s-rock-this-shit/)

[Emily M. Danforth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-m-danforth/)

> [In the embrace's release I caught the scent again. Unmistakable. Marijuana. These homos were high as kites.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-m-danforth/in-the-embrace-s-release-i-caught-the-scent-again-unmistakable/)

[Emily M. Danforth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-m-danforth/)

> [“Everything was heightened the way it always is when summer is slipping away to fall, and you're younger than eighteen, and all you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-m-danforth/everything-was-heightened-the-way-it-always-is-when-summer-is/)

[Emily M. Danforth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-m-danforth/)

> [You can't catch somebody doing something when they're not hiding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-m-danforth/you-can-t-catch-somebody-doing-something-when-they-re-not-hiding/)

[Emily M. Danforth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-m-danforth/)

> [“...when I closed my eyes and saw her drinking tea and opened them and still could see her, and I wanted so much to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-m-danforth/when-i-closed-my-eyes-and-saw-her-drinking-tea-and-opened-them-and/)

[Emily M. Danforth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-m-danforth/)

> [“I felt like I needed something official to show me how all of this should feel, how I should be acting, what I should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-m-danforth/i-felt-like-i-needed-something-official-to-show-me-how-all-of-this/)

[Emily M. Danforth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-m-danforth/)

> [“I lifted the remote control, pushed the Play button, and started the video. I guess, in that moment, I also started my new life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-m-danforth/i-lifted-the-remote-control-pushed-the-play-button-and-started-the/)

[Emily M. Danforth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-m-danforth/)

> [“But whatever we once were we weren’t anymore.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-m-danforth/but-whatever-we-once-were-we-weren-t-anymore/)

[Emily M. Danforth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-m-danforth/)

> [“In that moment I was as jealous of her getting to leave Montana as I'd ever been of anything or anyone in my life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-m-danforth/in-that-moment-i-was-as-jealous-of-her-getting-to-leave-montana-as-i/)

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