She wasn’t tracking down her father to learn more about him. She was tracking him down to learn more about herself.
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.”
More Brad Meltzer Quotes
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I love when I teach my son a good lesson. But I love it even more when he teaches me.
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History doesn’t choose individual people. History chooses everyone. Every day. The only question is: How long will you ignore the call?
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No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.
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Here’s what I love: I love sitting at my desk, staring at the blank screen, and beginning that conversation with my imaginary friends.
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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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Life is filled with trapdoors.
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From ancient to modern times, the human animal knows how to find fighting.
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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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Today, I don’t believe in destiny. But I do believe in history…There’s nothing more powerful than history.
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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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Sharing education, sharing a book…that’s what changes the world.
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Not every President is a great speaker. Not every President is a great thinker. But in the modern era, every single President is a master of one thing: eye contact.
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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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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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I understand pain. I’ve lived with pain my entire life. But pain is nothing compared to betrayal. And betrayal is nothing compared to knowing that the javelin in your back was rammed there by the one person in your life you actually trusted.
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