Meghan

“If we communicate the vision behind our ideas, the purpose guiding our products, people will flock to us.”
― Adam M. Grant, Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

“On matters of style, swim with the current,” Thomas Jefferson allegedly advised, but “on matters of principle, stand like a rock.” The pressure to achieve leads us to do the opposite. We find surface ways of appearing original—donning a bow tie, wearing bright red shoes—without taking the risk of actually being original. When it comes to the powerful ideas in our heads and the core values in our hearts, we censor ourselves.”
― Adam M. Grant, Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

“I reach out to touch one of the walls, imagining that I can feel his life and warmth through it, and I look around again, up toward the rooftops and then all the way to the night sky where a few faint stars can be seen, and there I think I really can see him. I can feel his presence here in every stone he has touched, every person he has lifted up, every street and alley and city that he has changed in the few years of his life, because he is the Republic, he is our light, and I love you, I love you, until the day we meet again I will hold you in my heart and protect you there, grieving what we never had, cherishing what we did. I wish you were here. I love you, always.”
― Marie Lu, Champion

“In these pages, I learned that great creators don’t necessarily have the deepest expertise but rather seek out the broadest perspectives.”
― Adam M. Grant, Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World