Marion

“We mistakenly think that by putting ourselves first, we’ll finally get what we want. In fact, true happiness comes not from thinking more of ourselves, but rather from thinking less of ourselves—from seeing the truly small role we play in something much bigger, much more important than our individual needs.”
― Jane McGonigal, Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World

“It may have once been true that computer games encouraged us to interact more with machines than with each other. But if you still think of gamers as loners, then you’re not playing games.”
― Jane McGonigal, Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World

“The more we consume, acquire, and elevate our status, the harder it is to stay happy.”
― Jane McGonigal, Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World

“Privilege is provisional. Privilege can be denied, withheld, offered grudgingly and summarily withdrawn. Entitlement is impervious to the kinds of verbs that modify privilege. Our people have had to work, scrape for privilege, gobble it down when those who would snatch it away weren’t looking. Keep a close watch.”
― Margo Jefferson, Negroland: A Memoir