Do not underestimate objects.

The integrity of my sleep has been forever compromised, sir.

It takes great personal courage to let yourself appear weak.

You can be shaped, or you can be broken. There is not much in between. Try to learn. Be coachable. Try to learn from everybody, especially those who fail. This is hard. ... How promising you are as a Student of the Game is a function of what you can pay attention to without running away.

That what appears to be egoism so often isn't.

The job of the first eight pages is not to have the reader want to throw the book at the wall, during the first eight pages.

She had a brainy girls discomfort about her own beauty and its effects on folks.