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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.

Brad Meltzer

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
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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Betrayal Knowing Pain
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
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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Individual Long People
No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.
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Love Matter Parenting Parents
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’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
Stories aren’t the beauty of what did happen. They’re the beauty of what could happen.
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Beauty Happens Stories
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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Book Daughter Mother
The worst lies in life are the ones we tell ourselves.
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Lying Ourselves Worst
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
From ancient to modern times, the human animal knows how to find fighting.
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Ancient Animal Fighting
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
The past may not hurt you, but it won’t challenge you, either.
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Challenges Hurt Past
Life is filled with trapdoors.
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Filled Life Trapdoors
I love when I teach my son a good lesson. But I love it even more when he teaches me.
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Lessons My Son

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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