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Ray Melnik
Goodreads Author
Born
in Staten Island, New York, The United States
October 08
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Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Carl Sagan, Brian Greene, Richard Dawk
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March 2009
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https://www.goodreads.com/raymelnik
Not Afraid: Short Stories and Essays
Not Afraid: Short Stories and Essays was published July 10th, 2023.
You can find it on Amazon as a paperback or on Kindle.
Not Afraid: Short Stories and Essays
You can find it on Amazon as a paperback or on Kindle.
Not Afraid: Short Stories and Essays
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THE ROOM
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2007
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GHOST IN THE PARK
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TO YOUR OWN SELF BE TRUE
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2009
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4 editions
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Eyes in This World
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2013
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3 editions
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BURNISHED BRIDGE
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2010
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3 editions
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Life's Reason
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2013
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Ghost In The Park
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2016
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Not Afraid: Short Stories and Essays
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| I just finished “the Rules of Blind Obedience” by Amirah Al wassif in a single sitting, compelled to continue as I finished each poem. Amirah feels pain deeper than most, and can express it better than most, but she also expresses her freedom to be w ...more | |
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“Healthy is a heart that still feels pain. Once we’re numb to it all, it’s over.”
― Eyes in This World
― Eyes in This World
“The deeper you love, the more powerful the pain that inevitably comes with it. The cruelest part of all is if I do find someone to share my life with eventually one of us will be left alone. The illusion that two become one is just that. In reality, most of us die alone.”
― TO YOUR OWN SELF BE TRUE
― TO YOUR OWN SELF BE TRUE
“We are persuaded by memories that come from deep in our subconscious. We know what we feel moment to moment, but are often blind to what drives us from within.”
― TO YOUR OWN SELF BE TRUE
― TO YOUR OWN SELF BE TRUE
“He said I was a beautiful bird with a broken
wing. He said, help me and I’ll fly, but never away.”
― GHOST IN THE PARK
wing. He said, help me and I’ll fly, but never away.”
― GHOST IN THE PARK
“All the greatest ideas to realize, or mysteries to be solved, are seeds born in the human mind. The wish to understand them is the gardener in each of us, but the only true path to their growth and successful harvest, is to start with a fertile soil.”
― GHOST IN THE PARK
― GHOST IN THE PARK
