There’s nothing wrong with wanting someone to save us – or admitting we can’t do it all ourselves.
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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The worst lies in life are the ones we tell ourselves.
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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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Sharing education, sharing a book…that’s what changes the world.
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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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From ancient to modern times, the human animal knows how to find fighting.
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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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There is no better place to plot the death of a character than when you’re miserable and working out.
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Life is filled with trapdoors.
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Our fathers never leave us. Ever.
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No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.
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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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Stories aren’t the beauty of what did happen. They’re the beauty of what could happen.
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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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You tell them – you tell them there’s a cost…..Every decision we make in life, there’s always a cost.
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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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