“Modern American culture dictated the importance of touching the hand of someone youve just met, however counterintuitive it seemed. Why would he want to touch someone he didnt know?”

“His rules were thus: One, resist when beneficial to the cause. Two, dignity before humiliation. Three, dont show true emotions.”

“There were so many viciously sarcastic ways to respond, Jadens brain was temporarily paralyzed due to witty comeback overload.”

“I've been to the other side...You're dead there, too.”

“The two studied one another for what seemed hours, neither saying a word. Jadens first inclination was to yell and demand his freedom, but something held him back. Here was a new man, and a new set...”

“Though it was mid-July, the morning was brisk, the sky a gray cotton of clouds, and Puget Sound a steely, cold blue. Most of Seattle grumbled, worn with winterish weather, impatient for the elusive...”

“People LOVE change (when it's about changing others). People HATE change (when it's about changing themselves).”

“If you want an incredibly passionate, happy, ALIVE businessdont overcomplicate things. Once all is said and done, the foundational elements of a successful business are very simple: respect, servic...”

“It's called entrepreneurSHIP, not entrepreneurSIT. Don't wait. Just ship.”

“You can't live in dread of something for long without beginning to crave it.”

“Only the cruelest hunters set their traps with terror and trepidation.”

“Thin ribbons of fear snake bluely through you like a system of rivers. We need a cloudburst or soothing landscape fast, to still this panic. Maybe a field of dracaena, or a vast stand of sugar pine...”

“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't li...”

“I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.”

“Fear is all in the mind”