136 Quotes by Brad Meltzer

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.

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

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.

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

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

And more than that, the United States of America was a whole new type of nation. Nothing like America had ever been tried before in the history of the world.

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

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.

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