Carol

“Reading is important, because if you can read, you can learn anything about everything and everything about anything.”
― Tomie dePaola

“People who are skilled at dialogue do their best to make it safe for everyone to add their meaning to the shared pool—even ideas that at first glance appear controversial, wrong, or at odds with their own beliefs. Now, obviously, they don’t agree with every idea; they simply do their best to ensure that all ideas find their way into the open.”
― Kerry Patterson, Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High

“We read to know we're not alone.”
― William Nicholson, Shadowlands: A Play

“Too much self-centered thinking is the source of suffering. A compassionate concern for others’ well-being is the source of happiness.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World