Stories aren’t the beauty of what did happen. They’re the beauty of what could happen.
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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There is no better place to plot the death of a character than when you’re miserable and working out.
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Our fathers never leave us. Ever.
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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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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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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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No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.
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Overwatch doesn’t just bring together the legal and espionage genres. It merges family problems with professional ones, swirls in a major helping of murder and mayhem, and with a deft touch, reminds us why politics is-always-perso nal.
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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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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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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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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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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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From ancient to modern times, the human animal knows how to find fighting.
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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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