“Pride is a funny thing; it can make what is truly worthless appear to be a treasure.”
― Practical Magic
― Practical Magic
“Books are the mile markers of my life. Some people have family photos or home movies to record their past. I’ve got books. Characters. For as long as I can remember, books have been my safe place.”
― The Great Alone
― The Great Alone
“funny how the smells of childhood cut through adulthood to remind you of how things used to be.”
― A Very Typical Family
― A Very Typical Family
“I’m under absolutely no obligation to make sense to you.”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“DUMBLEDORE: You ask me, of all people, how to protect a boy in terrible danger? We cannot protect the young from harm. Pain must and will come.
HARRY: So I’m supposed to stand and watch?
DUMBLEDORE: No. You’re supposed to teach him how to meet life.”
― Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two
HARRY: So I’m supposed to stand and watch?
DUMBLEDORE: No. You’re supposed to teach him how to meet life.”
― Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two
Mel’s 2025 Year in Books
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