"He has guided my hands in ways I don't always understand, ways that people of this world would scoff at. But there is a purpose for all that I have ever made, even if I don't understand for certain what that purpose is."

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Source : Patrick Carman (2011). “The Land of Elyon #4: Stargazer”, p.166, Scholastic Inc.

Patrick Carman

#Hands Quotes #People Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“If there is anything I really fear it is the mind of a young girl.”
“If Fascism comes to America it would be on a program of Americanism.”
“Writing is as big a part of my career as acting is, financially and time wise. So, yeah, I love it. That's all I wanted to do since I was young was be a writer. So that and acting are the two most important aspects of my career.”
“Ideas come and go, stories stay.”
“My political position springs from my being a novelist. In so far as I am concerned, politics and the novel are an indivisible case and I can categorically state that I became politically committed because I am a novelist, not the opposite.”
“Through a historical catastrophe - the destruction of Jerusalem by the emperor of Rome - I was born in one of the cities in the diaspora. But I always deemed myself a child of Jerusalem, one who is in reality a native of Jerusalem.”
“The proportion of ingredients is important, but the final result is also a matter of how you put them together. Equilibrium is key.”
“We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women's voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.”

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