Quotes from Brad Meltzer

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.

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

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

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.

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.

You tell them - you tell them there's a cost.....Every decision we make in life, there's always a cost.

We all live best in our imaginations.

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.

The only thing worse than remembering the past is the fear of reliving it.

History doesn't choose individual people. History chooses everyone. Every day. The only question is: How long will you ignore the call?

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

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

Life is filled with trapdoors.

All writers steal from their own lives.

People are more twisted than people think.

as your father, my instinct is to protect you ... Other people will want to protect you too. But remember that you are not a damsel in distress, waiting for some prince to rescue you. Forget the prince. With your brain and your resourcefulness, you can rescue yourself.

You need to understand something Cal-in this world, we're not humans having a divine experience. We're divine beings having a human experience.

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

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

Life delivers far less disappointment when your expectations are low.

Tell your story. That's the secret of immortality. The one true way to live forever.

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 your future.

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.

Y'know what they call the person who does all the work but gets none of the credit? An opportunity.