Carol

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

“The sessions taught me a survival lesson. I had to be discreet, be cautious about what I said and did, and be very wary of others. Already I was acquiring the mask that the adults wore from long practice.”
― Hyeonseo Lee, The Girl with Seven Names: Escape from North Korea

“The hallmark of originality is rejecting the default and exploring whether a better option exists.”
― Adam M. Grant, Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

“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