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> [Ama wipes her hands on her apron, looks up at our old roof with new eyes, and lifts the baby from his basket. She twirls him in the air, her skirts flying around her ankles the way the clouds swirl…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mccormick/ama-wipes-her-hands-on-her-apron-looks-up-at-our-old-roof-with-new/)

[Patricia McCormick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mccormick/)

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## More by Patricia McCormick

> [When I have run out of words to copy, I look out the window at this strange place called India. Inside the train, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mccormick/when-i-have-run-out-of-words-to-copy-i-look-out-the-window-at-this/)

[Patricia McCormick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mccormick/)

> [If you look hard enough, chaos turns into order the way letters turn into words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mccormick/if-you-look-hard-enough-chaos-turns-into-order-the-way-letters-turn/)

[Patricia McCormick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mccormick/)

> [Then I place the blade next to the skine on my palm. A tingle arced across my scalp. The flood tipped up at me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mccormick/then-i-place-the-blade-next-to-the-skine-on-my-palm-a-tingle-arced/)

[Patricia McCormick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mccormick/)

> [Guard the portals of your mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mccormick/guard-the-portals-of-your-mind/)

[Patricia McCormick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mccormick/)

> [“Each year, nearly 12,000 Nepali girls are sold by their families, intentionally o r unwittingly, into a life of sexual slavery in the brothels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mccormick/each-year-nearly-12-000-nepali-girls-are-sold-by-their-families/)

[Patricia McCormick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mccormick/)

> [“People who aren't asleep when Ruby comes around have to take sleeping pills. Everyone is afraid of those pills- even the substance- abuse guests.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mccormick/people-who-aren-t-asleep-when-ruby-comes-around-have-to-take-sleeping/)

[Patricia McCormick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mccormick/)

> [I imagine you working on me as an algebra problem, reducing me to fractions, crossing out common denominators, until there's nothing left on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mccormick/i-imagine-you-working-on-me-as-an-algebra-problem-reducing-me-to/)

[Patricia McCormick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mccormick/)

> [This affliction--hope--is so cruel and stubborn, I believe it will kill me](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mccormick/this-affliction-hope-is-so-cruel-and-stubborn-i-believe-it-will-kill/)

[Patricia McCormick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mccormick/)

> [Inside my head I carry: my baby goat, my baby brother, my ama's face, our family's future. My bundle is light. My burden is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mccormick/inside-my-head-i-carry-my-baby-goat-my-baby-brother-my-ama-s-face-our/)

[Patricia McCormick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mccormick/)

> [“Trying to remember, I have learned , is like trying to clutch a handful of fog. Trying to forget, like trying to hold back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mccormick/trying-to-remember-i-have-learned-is-like-trying-to-clutch-a-handful/)

[Patricia McCormick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mccormick/)

> [Trying to remember, I have learned, is like trying to clutch a handful of fog. Trying to forget, like trying to hold back the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mccormick/trying-to-remember-i-have-learned-is-like-trying-to-clutch-a-handful-2/)

[Patricia McCormick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mccormick/)

> [The power of storytelling is to free us from isolation, shame, and whatever the situation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mccormick/the-power-of-storytelling-is-to-free-us-from-isolation-shame-and/)

[Patricia McCormick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mccormick/)

> [“My bundle is light. My burden is heavy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mccormick/my-bundle-is-light-my-burden-is-heavy/)

[Patricia McCormick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mccormick/)

> [Arriving to class late is disruptive of the learning process. I think that it is disrespectful to both the instructor and the students. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mccormick/arriving-to-class-late-is-disruptive-of-the-learning-process-i-think/)

[Patricia McCormick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mccormick/)

> [Instead, we linger over a luxury that costs nothing: Imagining what may be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mccormick/instead-we-linger-over-a-luxury-that-costs-nothing-imagining-what-may/)

[Patricia McCormick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mccormick/)

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