Brad Meltzer Quotes - Page 2

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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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  Memories, Who We Are, Matter

  Brad Meltzer (2011). “The Inner Circle: The Culper Ring Trilogy 1”, p.248, Hachette UK

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• I played Little League for one year. That was it. Then my mother realized I liked books and threatened my father. I owe her forever for that.

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  Mother, Father, Book

  "Workouts inspire novelist: 'No better place to plot the death of a character'". Interview with David Raterman, www.sun-sentinel.com. February 11, 2013.

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• Most archivists don't like surprises. That's why we work in the past.

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  Past, Surprise, Archivists

  "The Inner Circle". Book by Brad Meltzer, abcnews.go.com. 2011.

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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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  Daughter, Mother, Fighting

  "The Top 10 Heroes to Teach Your Daughter How to Fight" by Brad Meltzer, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 16, 2012.

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• 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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  Strong, Men, Creative

  Brad Meltzer (2012). “Heroes for My Daughter”, p.7, Harper Collins

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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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  Character, Work Out, Plot

  "Workouts inspire novelist: 'No better place to plot the death of a character'". Interview with David Raterman, articles.sun-sentinel.com. February 11, 2013.

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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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  Wanting Someone, Admitting

  Brad Meltzer (2009). “The Book of Lies”, p.486, Hachette UK

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• There's the life you live and the life you leave behind. but what you share with someone else - especially someone you love - that's not just how you bury your past. It's how you write you future.

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  Writing, Past, Someone You Love

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• ...can I tell you something...? I don't think you're in love with the past. I think you're scared of the future.

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  Past, Thinking, Scared

  Brad Meltzer (2011). “The Inner Circle: The Culper Ring Trilogy 1”, p.250, Hachette UK

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• Haven't you ever played Uno?... Sometimes you have to lose all your cards to win.

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  Winning, Cards, Sometimes

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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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  Pain, Betrayal, Knowing

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• For me, Superman's greatest contribution has never been the superhero part: it's the Clark Kent part - the idea that any of us, in all our ordinariness, can change the world.

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  Ideas, Superhero, World

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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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  Son, Lessons, My Son

  "Heroes For My Son’: The Day I Broke My Son’s Heart" by Brad Meltzer, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 10, 2010.

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• There's nothing in the world like buried treasure-and people hungry and obsessed enough to risk their lives for it. Pirate Hunters isn't just a good story-it's a true one. Searching for the souls of its explorers, it takes you to the far tip of the plank and plunges you deep to the bottom of the ocean.

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  Ocean, People, Pirate

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• People are more twisted than people think.

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  Thinking, People, Twisted

  Brad Meltzer (2009). “The Book of Lies”, p.397, Hachette UK

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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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  Together, Family Problems, Helping

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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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  Eye, President, Eras

  Brad Meltzer (2011). “The Inner Circle: The Culper Ring Trilogy 1”, p.109, Hachette UK

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• Nico was wrong. The Book of Fate isn't already written. It's written every day. Some scars never heal. Then again, some do.

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  Book, Fate, Scar

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• The point is, as death gets closer - what's so wrong with wanting someone you love to live forever?

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  Wanting Someone, Forever, Someone You Love

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• There are some people in your life who bring back old memories. And there are others - your first kiss, your first love, your first sex - who, the moment you see them, bring a spark...and something far more potent. They bring back your old life and with that, potential. And possibilities. And the feeling that if you were back in that time, life could be so very different from where you're stuck right now. That's the most tantalizing thing....I want my potential back.

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  Sex, Memories, Love You

  Brad Meltzer (2011). “The Inner Circle: The Culper Ring Trilogy 1”, p.148, Hachette UK

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• Our fathers never leave us. Ever.

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  Father, Our Father

  Brad Meltzer (2011). “The Inner Circle: The Culper Ring Trilogy 1”, p.194, Hachette UK

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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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  Worst Moments, Perfect, Parent

  "‘Heroes For My Son’: The Day I Broke My Son’s Heart" by Brad Meltzer, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 10, 2010.

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• It's the worst part of seeing old friends: when your rose-colored memories become undone by reality.

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  Memories, Past, Reality

  Brad Meltzer (2011). “The Inner Circle: The Culper Ring Trilogy 1”, p.239, Hachette UK

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• Every life has forks in the road. And sometimes, the tines of that fork stab deep.

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  Sometimes, Fork In The Road, Forks

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• On the day my daughter was born, I started writing a book for her. The plan was that, over the course of her life, I'd fill it with advice on how to be a strong woman. But along the way, I got caught up in the stories of Amelia Earhart, Sally Ride, and so many others. So how do you pick the best heroes for your kids?

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  Daughter, Mother, Strong Women

  "The Top 10 Heroes to Teach Your Daughter How to Fight" by Brad Meltzer, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 16, 2012.

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