Top 70 Brad Meltzer Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Dream big, work hard, stay humble.”

— Brad Meltzer

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2. “Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.”

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3. “We are all ordinary. We are all boring. We are all spectacular. We are all shy. We are all bold. We are all heroes. We are all helpless. It just depends on the day.”

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4. “No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.”

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5. “Life delivers far less disappointment when your expectations are low.”

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6. “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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7. “Remember, just because something hasn’t happened yet doesn’t mean it’s impossible.”

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8. “The worst lies in life are the ones we tell ourselves.”

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9. “After all, bragging and boasting aren’t honorable; what’s honorable is doing one’s duty and sacrificing oneself for a noble cause.”

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10. “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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11. “Never forget, the greatest battle we’ll ever face is the battle within ourselves.”

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12. “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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13. “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.”

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

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16. “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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17. “Here’s what I love: I love sitting at my desk, staring at the blank screen, and beginning that conversation with my imaginary friends.”

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

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19. “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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20. “Some people help thousands of people directly, like Marie Curie or Susan B. Anthony. Others help us by inspiring us, like Amelia Earhart. But you do have to help someone.”

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21. “Stories aren’t the beauty of what did happen. They’re the beauty of what could happen.”

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22. “Follow me. I will lead the way to freedom.”

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23. “Overwatch doesn’t just bring together the legal and espionage genres. It merges family problems with professional ones, swirls in a major helping of murder and mayhem, and with a deft touch, reminds us why politics is-always-perso nal.”

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24. “It’s the worst part of seeing old friends: when your rose-colored memories become undone by reality.”

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25. “Be daring, be daring, always be daring. There is no big dream unless you dream big.”

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26. “When you lose a parent, you’re an orphan. When you lose a husband, you’re a widow. But as Zig had learned fourteen years ago, when you lose a child, they don’t have a name for that.”

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27. “In this world, there was nothing scarier than trusting someone. But there was also nothing more rewarding.”

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28. “Haven’t you ever played Uno?” he asks calmly. “Sometimes you have to lose all your cards to win.”

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29. “As I now often tell my daughter Lila, no matter what stage of life you’re in, when you want something-no matter how impossible it seems-you need to fight for it. 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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30. “There’s nothing wrong with wanting someone to save us – or admitting we can’t do it all ourselves.”

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31. “In the end, one detail is unarguable: There will always be those searching for treasure. Never forget: We are a country founded on legends and myths. We love them, especially legends of treasure. Looking for treasure isn’t just part of being an American, it is America.”

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32. “Most archivists don’t like surprises. That’s why we work in the past.”

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33. “The point is, as death gets closer – what’s so wrong with wanting someone you love to live forever?”

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34. “People are more twisted than people think.”

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35. “Take it from the former pastor: The true believers are the ones who’ll burn you the worst.”

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36. “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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37. “Women are not weaker. Read that again. Women are not weaker. They are just as strong, just as resolute, just as creative, and are filled with just as much potential as any man.”

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

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39. “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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40. “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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41. “You may never make peace with your father. But you can always make peace with yourself.”

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

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43. “None of us are who we are on our very worst days,” he adds. “I know you know that.”

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44. “Life is filled with trapdoors.”

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45. “The past may not hurt you, but it won’t challenge you, either.”

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46. “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.”

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47. “But to me, the most important page in my daughter’s book is the last one – because it’s blank. It says ‘Your Hero’s Photo Here,’ and ‘Your Hero’s Story Here.’”

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48. “Not every President is a great speaker. Not every President is a great thinker. But in the modern era, every single President is a master of one thing: eye contact.”

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49. “My worst moments as a parent have been much like my greatest moments as a parent: the product of complete and perfect accident.”

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50. “She wasn’t tracking down her father to learn more about him. She was tracking him down to learn more about herself.”

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