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Melissa

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Melissa’s Quotes

“Pride grows in the human heart like lard on a pig.”
― Alexander Solzhenitsyn

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“Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.”
― Paul Theroux

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“Distance lends enchantment to the view.”
― Mark Twain

tags: perspective

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“I would like to see anyone, prophet, king or God, convince a thousand cats to do the same thing at the same time.”
― Neil Gaiman

tags: cats, chaos, cooperation, organization, persuasion, pets, willfullness

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“It's not that I don't like people. It's just that when I'm in the company of others - even my nearest and dearest - there always comes a moment when I'd rather be reading a book.”
― Maureen Corrigan, Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books

tags: books, people, reading

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Indian Writing and Indian Literature — 173 members — last activity Aug 01, 2021 03:57AM
I love Indian Writing, frankly speaking it let me know more about my people. Indian writers include Nobel laureates, bookers and pulitzers.Not only w ...more

Latino and Latin American Literature — 1330 members — last activity Feb 11, 2026 07:42AM
Best Writings of The Americas

Travel Literature Makes My Heart Beat Faster.. — 1111 members — last activity Jul 21, 2026 09:04PM
Do you adore a good piece of travel literature/travelogue? Than this is the group for you!