When I have run out of words to copy, I look out the window at this strange place called India. Inside the… — Patricia McCormick Copies Copy Share Image
If you look hard enough, chaos turns into order the way letters turn into words. — Patricia McCormick Chaos Copy Share Image
Then I place the blade next to the skine on my palm. A tingle arced across my scalp. The flood tipped up… — Patricia McCormick Bigger Copy Share Image
“Each year, nearly 12,000 Nepali girls are sold by their families, intentionally o r unwittingly, into a life of sexual slavery in… — Patricia McCormick Family Copy Share Image
“People who aren't asleep when Ruby comes around have to take sleeping pills. Everyone is afraid of those pills- even the substance-… — Patricia McCormick Humor Copy Share Image
I imagine you working on me as an algebra problem, reducing me to fractions, crossing out common denominators, until there's nothing left… — Patricia McCormick Algebra Copy Share Image
This affliction--hope--is so cruel and stubborn, I believe it will kill me — Patricia McCormick Affliction Copy Share Image
Inside my head I carry: my baby goat, my baby brother, my ama's face, our family's future. My bundle is light. My… — Patricia McCormick Baby Copy Share Image
“Trying to remember, I have learned , is like trying to clutch a handful of fog. Trying to forget, like trying to… — Patricia McCormick Trying to forget Copy Share Image
Trying to remember, I have learned, is like trying to clutch a handful of fog. Trying to forget, like trying to hold… — Patricia McCormick Clutch Copy Share Image
The power of storytelling is to free us from isolation, shame, and whatever the situation. — Patricia McCormick Free Copy Share Image
Arriving to class late is disruptive of the learning process. I think that it is disrespectful to both the instructor and the… — Patricia McCormick Arriving Copy Share Image
Instead, we linger over a luxury that costs nothing: Imagining what may be. — Patricia McCormick Cost Copy Share Image
Long time I been on my own, but now really I'm alone. I survive the killing, the starving, all the hate of… — Patricia McCormick Broken Copy Share Image
Rochelle," she calls out, still looking at me. "Is there anyone down at the desk? I need something." I'm too startled to… — Patricia McCormick Amanda Copy Share Image
“If yo u loo k hard eno ugh, chaos turns into o rder the way letters turn into wo rds.” — Patricia McCormick Copy Share Image
Then I placed the blade next to the skin on my palm. A tingle arched across my scalp. The floor tipped up… — Patricia McCormick Blades Copy Share Image
Ama wipes her hands on her apron, looks up at our old roof with new eyes, and lifts the baby from his… — Patricia McCormick Air Copy Share Image
“Back at the hut, all my sister, they start to cry. "No crying," my aunt says, very strict. "You cry only in… — Patricia McCormick Psychology Copy Share Image
Look. I have a strategy. Why expect anything? If you don’t expect anything, you don’t get disappointed. — Patricia McCormick Disappointed Copy Share Image
Sometimes when we’re in situations where we feel we’re not in control, we do things, especially things that take a lot of… — Patricia McCormick Energy Copy Share Image
You show you care, you die.You show you fear, you die.You show nothing, maybe you live. — Patricia McCormick Care Copy Share Image
