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our personalities are not fixed or exclusively determined by nature or nurture; instead, they can change as a result of action.
“I realized then that not only did Dad need us to believe his stories, we needed to believe them as well. To believe in unripe stars and eagles able to do extraordinary things. What it boiled down to was a frenzied hope that there was more to life than the reality around us. Only then could we claim a destiny we did not feel cursed to.”
― Betty
― Betty
“What do you do when the two people who are supposed to protect you the most are the monsters tearing you to pieces? No wonder Mom still hurt. She hadn’t been loved enough.”
― Betty
― Betty
“our personalities are not fixed or exclusively determined by nature or nurture; instead, they can change as a result of action.”
― Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes
― Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes
“Don’t ever be afraid to be yourself. You don’t wanna live so long only to realize, you ain’t lived at all.”
― Betty
― Betty
“It occurred to me then that to be a child is to know the cradle rocks both toward the parent and away from them. That is the ebb and flow of life, swinging toward and away from one another, perhaps so we build up the strength for that one moment we will be rocked so far away, the person we love the most is gone by the time we return.”
― Betty
― Betty
Melody’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Melody’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
431 books
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207 books
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1,060 books
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795 books
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145 books
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25 books
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417 books
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1,222 books
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