Brad Meltzer

“Remember that you are not a damsel in distress, waiting for some prince to rescue you. Forget that prince. With your brain and your resourcefulness, you can rescue yourself.”

“And y'know what they decided the number one threat was? The destructive and disruptive capability of a small group. That's what they're worried about most...they're terrified of a small group with a committed goal.”

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

“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.”

“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.'”

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

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

“...when you go down a dark alley and you feel that tingling across the back of your neck, that's not just a bad feeling, that's a biological gift from God - the Gift of Fear...when you ignore that gift - when you go down the dark alley and say, Y'know, I'm sure it'll be okay - that's when you find real pain.”

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

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

“Ice cream is my vice.”

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

“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?”

“When you believe in something, fight for it. And when you see injustice, fight harder than you've ever fought before.”

“...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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”