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Melina is Currently Reading

Melina is currently reading

Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology

by Danielle Binks (Goodreads Author)

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May 27, 2017 04:56AM

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Musketeer Space

by Tansy Rayner Roberts (Goodreads Author)

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May 25, 2014 05:51PM

Melina’s Quotes

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

tags: better-life-empathy

18435 likes

“The medication, the hormones and the relentless frustrations of our lives make us bitchy and you're not allowed to be bitchy in public or people won't like you.”
― Liane Moriarty, What Alice Forgot

tags: behaviour, bitchiness, infertility

27 likes

“‎"Since I could only take six books per visit from the library, I had to time it right, or I'd be stuck on Sundays rereading the five Reader's Digest Condensed Books sitting on our red laquered living room shelf.”
― Randy Susan Meyers, The Murderer's Daughters

tags: library, reading-books

11 likes

“Why did you do all this for me?' he asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' 'You have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

tags: friendship

7681 likes

“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

tags: books, children, difficult, grown-ups, write, writers, writing

16950 likes

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