“Just as with swimming or riding a bike, you can't really learn how to fall in love from reading a book not even this one. Sure you can read about the different swimming strokes or the parts of a bicycle; you can learn the theory and physics behind the sport. But to get to the heart of the matter you've got to leap in and learn by doing.”

“It's much easier to be convincing if you care about your topic. Figure out what's important to you about your message and speak from the heart.”

“Falling for someone romantically is more complex. Manyof the old classic languages refer to three different typesof love or affection. Roughly translated, they includegeneral, brotherly and sexual love. When all three arepresent, a relationship is indeed rich.”

“Stay open to opportunity -- you never know where your next important connection will be made.”

“Everyone has a past, but that's just it--it's in the past. You can learn from it, but you can't change it.”

“I think you can read a dozen different books and not learn a single thing about writing. Good writers don't read, they study books. They pick the plots apart and the sentences apart. And part of studying is copying. Reading is great and every writer should read, but reading alone isn't enough to learn what you need to learn...”

“The past is the past. You cannot change it, but you can learn from it.”