Leaves of Summer

"At the doctor's office, after the drops are put in Morag's eyes, the entire world swims and flounders in front of her. She gets only as far as the second line of letters on the chart. After that, blur all the way. The new glasses are hideous. Round. Metal-framed. Morag now looks like a tall skinny owl... In front of the mirror she rages and curses... Morag goes upstairs to her room. She looks out the window at the maple tree... LEAVES! She can see the leaves. Individually, one at a time, clearly. She has not known before this that you are supposed to be able to see the leaves on a tree, not just green fuzz."

- Margaret Laurence, The Diviners