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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.

Brad Meltzer

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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Believe Daughter Fighting
Life is filled with trapdoors.
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Filled Life Trapdoors
The past may not hurt you, but it won’t challenge you, either.
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Challenges Hurt Past
I tend to do something for two years then move on to something new. Yoga, then biking, then weight lifting, then back to biking. The moment it feels like a rut, I switch and search for a new love. It’s like having a midlife crisis, but without the new wife or cheesy BMW.
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Biking Moving Something Switch Two Yoga
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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Desks Sitting Writing
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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Government Hate People
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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Alraedy Book Fate Scar Written
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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Harm Pain World
Don’t go to eighth grade…don’t talk about something old…don’t bring up old memories that have nothing to do with who we are now. THIS is all that matters! TODAY.
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Grade Memories Something Today
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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Moments Parent Perfect Worst
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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Individual Long People
Haven’t you ever played Uno?… Sometimes you have to lose all your cards to win.
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Cards Sometimes Winning
…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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Father People Waiting
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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Evil Monsters Thinking
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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Book Daughter Mother
There’s nothing wrong with wanting someone to save us – or admitting we can’t do it all ourselves.
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Admitting Someone Wanting

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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