Quotes from Brad Meltzer

Our fathers never leave us. Ever.

It's so damn easy to judge. But as Paolo knows from his niece, no matter how much you want someone back in your life, sometimes it's the letting-them-back-in part that hurts the most

There's nothing wrong with wanting someone to save us - or admitting we can't do it all ourselves.

Some dreams linger for years. And some last forever.

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.

I spend every day showing people the power of history. But history only has the power you give it.

Today, I don't believe in destiny. But I do believe in history...There's nothing more powerful than history...

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm. As you get older, remember you have another hand: the first is to help yourself, the second is to help others. —AUDREY HEPBURN

Since the moment I saw her yesterday, I've been looking through the sparkly prism of exhilaration that comes with any old flame. But now, for the first time, I'm not just seeing what I want. I'm seeing what my friend needs.

there are certain traits that God puts in each of us. There's no escaping them.

Sometimes a speech can make things better. This isn't one of those times.

It's rotten, okay? And once something's rotten, it can never be good again.

You see, it doesn't matter if they're wrong. From 9/11 to recent shootings here in the United States, there's nothing more dangerous than a true believer on his own crazy mission.

history is a selection process - it chooses moments and events, and even people - it hands them a situation that they shouldn't be able to overcome, and it's in those moments, in that fight, that people find out who they are.

The past may not hurt you, but it won't challenge you, either.

I'm not saying I needed my life to be a symphony - I just never thought it'd turn out to be a country song.

Don't you know me by now, Angel? I never do what I'm meant for.

You may never make peace with your father. But you can always make peace with yourself.

Do you not see that? That's what being family is - that's the best part - it's not tit for tat or who owes more, it's simply - when one hurts, so does the other; when one finds good, you share in that, too. That's family.

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.

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

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

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

We may have heaven and hell in us, but we choose who we are. And who we fight.