Quotes from Brad Meltzer

you should learn that life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy for those who think.

The Vly, the Vly is dark inside, Where strange and fearsome things may hide Heed my warning, hear the cry— Don't go nigh the Vly, the Vly." "But

As Lincoln himself said, "Stand with anybody that stands right. Stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.

they call coincidences like that? Nothing. Because things like that aren't coincidence. Especially in Ekron," Dino added, referring to their small hometown in Pennsylvania.

A death in the family will teach you that people are capable of saying the damnedest things.

Pocas cosas se te clavan tan adentro como las lágrimas de un padre.

But unlike the Freemasons or other secret societies, who were focused on longtime traditions, the KGC wanted something far more hateful: for the Union to end so they could run their own slave-based society. Their goal was to create a true, physical "golden circle"—with Mexico and the Caribbean—to build a private part of the country where slavery would continue. If that led to breaking up the Union, the KGC was all for it.

Today, there's more computing power in a cell phone than there was on Apollo 11, and that brought us to the moon and back.

I tend to do something for two years then move on to something new. Yoga, then biking, then weight lifting, then back to biking. The moment it feels like a rut, I switch and search for a new love. It's like having a midlife crisis, but without the new wife or cheesy BMW.

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.

I love when I teach my son a good lesson. But I love it even more when he teaches me.

As I tell my daughter, when you want something in life - no matter how impossible it seems - you need to fight for it.

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

There is no better place to plot the death of a character than when you're miserable and working out.

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?

Ice cream is my vice.

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

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.