“Leaders are more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach.”

“To stay ahead, always have your next idea waiting in the wings.”

“I'd learned, though, that life isn't a movie. Though it's nice to believe in white-hatted heroes and black-hatted villains, people are a lot more complex than that.”

“I looked at the fashion model and reassured myself she wasn't dead.”

“Life would be so much simpler if guys were like mood rings, and they changed color when they liked you.”

“Bend when you must. Pull when you must. Both are an offering. When you bend, be at peace; when you pull, do so gently.”

“You are not as insignificant as you have often been told, nor are you any more significant than you have often told yourself.”