“Pride is a funny thing; it can make what is truly worthless appear to be a treasure.”
― Practical Magic
― Practical Magic
“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
“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
“I’m under absolutely no obligation to make sense to you.”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“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
Mel’s 2025 Year in Books
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