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Then I placed the blade next to the skin on my palm. A tingle arched across my scalp. The floor tipped up at me and my body spilled away. Then I was on the ceiling looking down, waiting to see what would happen next...

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 page but a line that says x = whatever it is that is wrong with me.

Patricia McCormick

Look. I have a strategy. Why expect anything? If you don't expect anything, you don't get disappointed.

Patricia McCormick

Sometimes when we're in situations where we feel we're not in control, we do things, especially things that take a lot of energy, as a way of making ourselves feel we have some power.

Patricia McCormick

Long time I been on my own, but now really I'm alone. I survive the killing, the starving, all the hate of the Khmer Rouge, but I think maybe now I will die of this, of broken heart.

Patricia McCormick

Patricia McCormick

Patricia McCormick

Born: May 23, 1956 (age 69)

Bio: Patricia McCormick is an American journalist and writer of realistic fiction for young adults. She has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award.

Known for:

Never Fall Down (2012)
Purple Heart (2009)

Patricia McCormick on Wikipedia

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