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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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Brad Meltzer
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 1
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Aren
Happen
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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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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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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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Greatness isn't something you should always be chasing. There's greatness within all of us, and I think that's what we forget.
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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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there's nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else.
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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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Life delivers far less disappointment when your expectations are low.
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Most archivists don't like surprises. That's why we work in the past.
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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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We're all being tested...That's what life is.
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We all live best in our imaginations.
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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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It's the worst part of seeing old friends: when your rose-colored memories become undone by reality.
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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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Our fathers never leave us. Ever.
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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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All writers steal from their own lives.
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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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