No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.
BRAD MELTZERLife is filled with trapdoors.
More Brad Meltzer Quotes
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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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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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Sharing education, sharing a book…that’s what changes the world.
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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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Stories aren’t the beauty of what did happen. They’re the beauty of what could happen.
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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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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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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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Every life has forks in the road. And sometimes, the tines of that fork stab deep.
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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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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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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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Our fathers never leave us. Ever.
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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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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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