"When we're in game worlds, we become the best version of ourselves, the most likely to help at a moment's notice, the most likely to stick with a problem as long at it takes, to get up after failure and try again."

-- Jane McGonigal

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“I collect church collapses, recreationally. Did you see the recent one in Sicily? Marvelous! The facade fell on sixty-five grandmothers at a special mass. Was that evil? If so, who did it? If he's up there, he just loves it, Officer Starling. Typhoid and swans - it all comes from the same place.”

Source : Thomas Harris (2009). “The Silence of the Lambs”, p.22, St. Martin's Press
“Conservation of energy also protects our environment.”
“No matter what is happening in life or in the world - war, natural disaster, poor health, pain, the death of loved ones - if existence is filled with art, music and literature, life will be fulfilling, a joy.”
“They were never scared of the kids who might die, or the empty spaces they would leave behind. They were afraid of us-the ones who lived.”

Source : Alexandra Bracken (2016). “The Darkest Minds”, p.12, Hachette UK
“It was hell to go through what I went through. I didn't know I had so many friends. Many people gave a damn about my situation. They helped cure me.”
“Welcome those big, sticky, complicated problems. In them are your most powerful opportunities.”
“When you're happy you find pure joy in your life. There are no regrets in this state of happiness - and that's a goal worth striving for in all areas of your life.”
“I was learning that if I lived slightly in the future-what will happen next-I didn't have to feel so much about what was going on in the present.”

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