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We're all being tested...That's what life is.

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Brad Meltzer
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 1
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Tested
Life

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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.
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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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Tell your story. That's the secret of immortality. The one true way to live forever.
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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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Most archivists don't like surprises. That's why we work in the past.
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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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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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...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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From ancient to modern times, the human animal knows how to find fighting.
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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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In this world, there was nothing scarier than trusting someone. But there was also nothing more rewarding.
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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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There's nothing wrong with wanting someone to save us - or admitting we can't do it all ourselves.
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Our fathers never leave us. Ever.
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Every life has forks in the road. And sometimes, the tines of that fork stab deep.
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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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