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The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

by Priya Parker

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Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)

by Suzanne Collins

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Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)

by Matt Dinniman (Goodreads Author)

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More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova

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Her mother wouldn’t know funny if it knock-knocked over her chardonnay.

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Ariana’s Quotes

“Gatherings that are willing to be alienating—which is different from being alienating—have a better chance to dazzle.”
― Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

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“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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“This is partly what makes the fragility of whiteness so damn dangerous. It ignores the personhood of people of color and instead makes the feelings of whiteness the most important thing.”
― Austin Channing Brown, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

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“I've never had a moment's doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life. Cee”
― Ian McEwan, Atonement

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“Anger is not inherently destructive. My anger can be a force for good. My anger can be creative and imaginative, seeing a better world that doesn’t yet exist. It can fuel a righteous movement toward justice and freedom.”
― Austin Channing Brown, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

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