"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."

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Source : Patricia McCormick (2011). “Cut”, p.61, Scholastic Inc.

Patricia McCormick

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“The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.”
“If you be a lover of instruction, you will be well instructed.”

Source : "Ad Dæmonicum", as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 779-80, 1922.
“Ive never been a big believer in ghosts or the spirit world, and for me, that was part of the point of the movie, ... What the Ghostbusters represented was the triumph of human courage and human ingenuity. People create their own monsters. Our fears come from within us, not outside.”
“The way you eat is inseparable from your core beliefs about being alive. Your relationship with food is an exact mirror of your feelings about love, fear, anger, meaning and transformation.”
“Lest I should be old-fashioned, I'll put a trinket on.”
“Compelling a man by law to pay his money to elect candidates or advocate law or doctrines he is against differs only in degree, if at all, from compelling him by law to speak for a candidate, a party, or a cause he is against. The very reason for the First Amendment is to make the people of this country free to think, speak, write and worship as they wish, not as the Government commands.”

Source : "Floyd Abrams: Country Desperately Needs to Be Thinking About Free Speech". campus.asu.edu. September 12, 2017.
“There is nothing so eternally adhesive as the memory of power.”
“It was during my first trip to America in 1953 - thats when I learned to visit museums. I was then 26 years old. When I travel, the first thing I do is to visit museums. When I go to New York City, I usually go to Broadway to see the shows.”

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