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.
BRAD MELTZERToday, I don’t believe in destiny. But I do believe in history…There’s nothing more powerful than history.
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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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Every life has forks in the road. And sometimes, the tines of that fork stab deep.
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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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…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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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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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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Life is filled with trapdoors.
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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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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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No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.
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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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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 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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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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Sharing education, sharing a book…that’s what changes the world.
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