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“I鈥檝e seen middle grade books criticized by adult readers for leaving things for the reader to figure out, for not having perfect happily-ever-after endings. They get knocked for being too depressing, for using too many big words, for featuring parental characters who are too clueless. Girl protagonists are 鈥渢oo angry鈥� or 鈥渢oo self-absorbed.鈥� The issues raised are 鈥渢oo heavy,鈥� the books 鈥渢oo earnest,鈥� 鈥渢oo quiet,鈥� 鈥渢oo hard,鈥� 鈥渢oo far-reaching,鈥� 鈥渢oo strange,鈥� and it is all too too much for the reader.

Except it鈥檚 never the readers themselves saying these things.

Our critical discourse in middle grade is sometimes much more about what the reviewer believes children鈥檚 books should be rather than about engaging with the book itself and the literature as a whole. When we say a book is 鈥渢oo sad,鈥� 鈥渢oo scary,鈥� 鈥渢oo complicated;鈥� when we demand that endings are perfectly happy and all tied up; when we demand that the themes not be too weighty or the characters not face too much hardship; we are projecting our own biases onto the book, and using them to prescribe what books for this age range can or cannot do. This is nannying, not literary criticism鈥攁nd it doesn鈥檛 give kids much credit.”
― Anne Ursu

“People say I have created things. I have never created anything. I get impressions from the Universe at large and work them out, but I am only a plate on a record or a receiving apparatus 鈥� what you will. Thoughts are really impressions that we get from outside.”
― Larry Dossey, M.D., One Mind: How Our Individual Mind Is Part of a Greater Consciousness and Why It Matters

“No doctor knows everything. There's a reason why it's called "practising" medicine.”
― Anonymous

“Love is a chemical reaction, but it cannot be fully understood or defined by science. And though a body cannot exist without a soul, it too cannot be fully understood or defined by science. Love is the most powerful form of energy, but science cannot decipher its elements. Yet the best cure for a sick soul is love, but even the most advanced physician cannot prescribe it as medicine.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“I鈥檓 now 鈥楧octor鈥� to the patients and I have to cover my ignorance by waving my arms and looking grave.”
― Howard Florey

“Unhealthy behavior is actually common among doctors, who tend to know a lot about medicine but very little about health.”
― Sol Luckman, Snooze: A Story of Awakening

“The difference between House M.D series and me is that I am real, he is just a character build by someone. BUT...?!”
― Deyth Banger

“Employee Engagement becoming key global corporate challenge has turned long-time belief, among Promoters & Top Management that we know our employees best, into myth”
― Vipul Saxena, Employee Engagement-A recipe to boost Organisational Performance

“Dr. Raul Fernandez-Crespo MD is a lover of the arts and has an interest in cult cinema.”
― Raul Fernandez-Crespo MD

“While Amanda Moran was unemployed during the Pandemic, she stayed home with her 3 sons, who were all participating in virtual learning. This is when she started Mama Nose Best and then decided to go back to school to study to be a Paralegal. It was a hard time for her, and she had to face many fears. Amanda Moran did the only thing she could at the time, she rose to the challenge!”
― Amanda Moran Baltimore