Atrian

“Everyone was always very friendly toward him, and no one was ever very nice; everyone spoke to him, and no one ever said anything.”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

“And one cannot help feeling that some alternative occupation—lettuce farming, say—would offer somewhat less of a risk of being put to death by installments. Why do you persist in it?” Goldeneyes Dactylos shrugged. “I’m good at it,” he said.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Color of Magic

“Success depends on psychological safety. At Google, members of teams with high levels of psychological safety were less likely to leave their jobs, brought in more revenue, and were rated effective twice as often by executives. MIT researchers who studied team performance came to the same conclusion: simply grouping smart people together doesn’t guarantee a smart team. Online and off, the best teams discuss ideas frequently, do not let one person dominate the conversation, and are sensitive to one another’s feelings.”
― Liz Fosslien, No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work

“Abstract evidence retreats before the poetry of forms and colors.”
― Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays