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> [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/)

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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/)

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