Rochelle," she calls out, still looking at me. "Is there anyone down at the desk? I need something." I'm too startled to move. Is she going to tell on me, get me in trouble? Rochelle's gotten up; she's banging the toilet stall doors open one by one, checking to make sure no one's in there. When the last stall turns up empty, she gives Amanda an annoyed look. "What do you need this time of night?" Amanda smiles at me, then turns to face Rochelle. "A tampon
Simply to endure is to triumph. - Patricia Mccormick
Simply to endure is to triumph.
- Patricia Mccormick
A man who doles out sweets, and slaps, with the same hand. - Patricia Mccormick
A man who doles out sweets, and slaps, with the same hand.
Look. I have a strategy. Why expect anything? If you don’t expect anything, you don’t get disappointed. - Patricia Mccormick
Look. I have a strategy. Why expect anything? If you don’t expect anything, you don’t get disappointed.
You show you care, you die.You show you fear, you die.You show nothing, maybe you live. - Patricia Mccormick
You show you care, you die.You show you fear, you die.You show nothing, maybe you live.
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 … - 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 …
Instead, we linger over a luxury that costs nothing: Imagining what may be. - Patricia Mccormick
Instead, we linger over a luxury that costs nothing: Imagining what may be.
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… - 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…
Trying to remember, I have learned, is like trying to clutch a handful of fog. Trying to forget, like trying to hold back the monsoon. - 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 monsoon.
If you look hard enough, chaos turns into order the way letters turn into words. - Patricia Mccormick
If you look hard enough, chaos turns into order the way letters turn into words.
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