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> [“She had been on the surface of the leaf, the leaf like a page, and the page that of a book; then by the margin she had sunk to its stem, gathering in; and now she was burrowing within the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-zurcher/she-had-been-on-the-surface-of-the-leaf-the-leaf-like-a-page-and-the/)

[Andrew Zurcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-zurcher/)

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## More by Andrew Zurcher

> [“She had been on the surface of the leaf, the leaf like a page, and the page that of a book; then by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-zurcher/she-had-been-on-the-surface-of-the-leaf-the-leaf-like-a-page-and-the/)

[Andrew Zurcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-zurcher/)

> [“It is the deepest well that holds the freshest water.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-zurcher/it-is-the-deepest-well-that-holds-the-freshest-water/)

[Andrew Zurcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-zurcher/)

> [“She is the thing that no one can ever see clearly. The thing you can almost grasp, the thing you can very nearly make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-zurcher/she-is-the-thing-that-no-one-can-ever-see-clearly-the-thing-you-can/)

[Andrew Zurcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-zurcher/)

> [“So long as there is a middle, there is a story.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-zurcher/so-long-as-there-is-a-middle-there-is-a-story/)

[Andrew Zurcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-zurcher/)

> [“The beauty of night never fades, because it is a beauty that has not yet shone, a beauty of hope, of expectation, of desire.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-zurcher/the-beauty-of-night-never-fades-because-it-is-a-beauty-that-has-not/)

[Andrew Zurcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-zurcher/)

> [“- 'Sometimes people who truly love one another can't bear to come together.' - 'Why?' - 'Where would you go from there?' - 'Where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-zurcher/sometimes-people-who-truly-love-one-another-can-t-bear-to-come/)

[Andrew Zurcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-zurcher/)

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