Rochelle," she calls out, still looking at me. "Is there anyone down at the desk? I need something. … - Patricia McCormick

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There’s nothing more haunting than the cry of a child that cannot be returned with food — the most fundamental expectation of every human being.

Patricia McCormick

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

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

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If you look hard enough, chaos turns into order the way letters turn into words.

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You show you care, you die. You show you fear, you die. You show nothing, maybe you live.

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Simply to endure is to triumph.

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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.

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