Greatness isn’t something you should always be chasing. There’s greatness within all of us, and I think that’s what we forget.
BRAD MELTZERBut to me, the most important page in my daughter’s book is the last one – because it’s blank. It says, “Your Hero’s Photo Here,” and, “Your Hero’s Story Here.”
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…as your father, my instinct is to protect you … Other people will want to protect you too. But remember that you are not a damsel in distress, waiting for some prince to rescue you. Forget the prince. With your brain and your resourcefulness, you can rescue yourself.
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A little threat of evil is always the far better way to fill the seats. But sometimes the monsters aren’t who we think they are.
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As I tell my daughter, when you want something in life – no matter how impossible it seems – you need to fight for it.
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From ancient to modern times, the human animal knows how to find fighting.
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As I now often tell my daughter Lila, no matter what stage of life you’re in, when you want something – no matter how impossible it seems – you need to fight for it. When you believe in something, fight for it. And when you see injustice, fight harder than you’ve ever fought before.
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So much harm comes into this world when the wrong thing is said. But that’s nothing compared to the pain from what goes unsaid.
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In this life, y’ever notice that you face the same challenges again and again? We all do. They’re challenges to your soul. We repeat them until we face them and master them. Yes we all have free will, but there’re divine patterns out there, and the battle is to see them.
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Stories aren’t the beauty of what did happen. They’re the beauty of what could happen.
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Nico was wrong. The Book of Fate isn’t already written. It’s written every day. Some scars never heal. Then again, some do.
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We make a great bad guy, and they all say they hate us. But at the end of every day, people want to trust us. Because we’re their government. And people trust their government.
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But to me, the most important page in my daughter’s book is the last one – because it’s blank. It says, “Your Hero’s Photo Here,” and, “Your Hero’s Story Here.”
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Every life has forks in the road. And sometimes, the tines of that fork stab deep.
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Life is filled with trapdoors.
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My worst moments as a parent have been much like my greatest moments as a parent: the product of complete and perfect accident.
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When you believe in something, fight for it. And when you see injustice, fight harder than you’ve ever fought before.
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