From ancient to modern times, the human animal knows how to find fighting.
BRAD MELTZER…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.
More Brad Meltzer Quotes
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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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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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Our fathers never leave us. Ever.
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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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There is no better place to plot the death of a character than when you’re miserable and working out.
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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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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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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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Sharing education, sharing a book…that’s what changes the world.
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She wasn’t tracking down her father to learn more about him. She was tracking him down to learn more about herself.
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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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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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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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There’s nothing wrong with wanting someone to save us – or admitting we can’t do it all ourselves.
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