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“Read, read, read. That's all I can say.”
― Carolyn Keene, The Secret of the Old Clock

“We live and breathe words. .... It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them. Reading your words, what you wrote, how you were lonely sometimes and afraid, but always brave; the way you saw the world, its colors and textures and sounds, I felt--I felt the way you thought, hoped, felt, dreamt. I felt I was dreaming and thinking and feeling with you. I dreamed what you dreamed, wanted what you wanted--and then I realized that truly I just wanted you.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince

“A sense of control can fuel motivation, but for that drive to produce insights and innovations, people need to know their suggestions won’t be ignored, that their mistakes won’t be held against them. And they need to know that everyone else has their back.”
― Charles Duhigg, Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business

“We all have a Monster within; the difference is in degree, not in kind.”
― Douglas Preston, The Monster of Florence