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Life is filled with trapdoors.

Brad Meltzer

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
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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Adoption Father Tracking
…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
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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Daughter Fighting Impossible Mother
No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.
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Love Matter Parenting Parents
Women are not weaker. Read that again. Women are not weaker. They are just as strong, just as resolute, just as creative, and are filled with just as much potential as any man.
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Creative Men Strong
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Cost Decision Make
There is no better place to plot the death of a character than when you’re miserable and working out.
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Character Out Plot Work
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

Life is filled with trapdoors.

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