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“The answer must be, I think, that beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there.”
― Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
― Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
“I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free... Why am I so changed? I'm sure I should be myself were I once among the heather on those hills.”
― Wuthering Heights: Includes eBook, Library Edition
― Wuthering Heights: Includes eBook, Library Edition
“Still, there are times I am bewildered by each mile I have traveled, each meal I have eaten, each person I have known, each room in which I have slept. As ordinary as it all appears, there are times when it is beyond my imagination.”
― Interpreter of Maladies
― Interpreter of Maladies
“If nothing could save us, not money, not a male body, and not even studying, we might as well destroy everything immediately.”
― The Story of a New Name
― The Story of a New Name
“This is for you,' he (the Alchemist) said, holding one of the parts (of gold) out to the monk. 'It's for your generosity to the pilgrims.'
'But this payment goes well beyond my generosity,' the monk responded.
'Don't say that again. Life might be listening, and give you less the next time.”
― The Alchemist
'But this payment goes well beyond my generosity,' the monk responded.
'Don't say that again. Life might be listening, and give you less the next time.”
― The Alchemist
Melanie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Melanie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
289 books
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21 friends
381 books
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391 books
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1,197 books
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665 friends
579 books
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364 books
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689 books
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52 friends
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Favorite Genres
Biography, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Crime, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Poetry, Romance, and Travel
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