Olivia Lo

“I am asking: If my options were never being able to find my brother, or knowing for sure that something terrible had happened to him, which would I choose? What’s the line between the amount of information that brings hope and the amount that brings despair?”
― Monica Hesse, They Went Left

“I wouldn’t go so far as to claim that I’m never embroiled in conflict, just as I wouldn’t attempt to convince you that I never lie, but both phenomena are rarities these days. I hope you don’t interpret this as boasting. It’s taken me decades of study and practice to reach this point and I am acutely aware of how much I have left to learn.”
― Thomas Erikson, Surrounded by Idiots: The Four Types of Human Behaviour and How to Effectively Communicate with Each in Business

“No matter how we choose to communicate, you, the individual, will always be in a minority. Whatever your type of behavior is, the majority will work in a different way. And there’s always going to be more of them.”
― Thomas Erikson, Surrounded by Idiots: The Four Types of Human Behavior and How to Effectively Communicate With Each in Business

“Being cheerful starts now, Will thought as hard as he could, but it was like trying to hold a fighting wolf still in his arms when it wanted to claw at his face and tear out his throat; nevertheless, he did it, and he thought no one could see the effort it cost him.”
― Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass