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Melanie
is currently reading
bookshelves:
21st-century-fiction,
fantastic-fantasy-sci-fi,
young-adult,
can-t-read-it-just-once,
saw-it-on-netflix-amazon-the-movies,
currently-reading,
audio-books
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"I miss the original books. Where are the Lee Scorsbys and Iorek Byrnnisons of this series?" — 20 minutes ago
"I miss the original books. Where are the Lee Scorsbys and Iorek Byrnnisons of this series?" — 20 minutes ago
'Salem's Lot
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But spring is not the finest season in New England—it’s too short, too uncertain, too apt to turn savage on short notice.
“I should like to bury something precious in every place where I've been happy and then, when I'm old and ugly and miserable, I could come back and dig it up and remember.”
― Brideshead Revisited
― Brideshead Revisited
“He and Nina had never exchanged gifts or rings; they’d had no possessions they shared. They had been wanderers and soldiers. Even so, she could not leave him with nothing. From her pocket, she drew a slender sprig of ash and let it drift down into the grave, followed by a smattering of withered red petals from the tulips their compatriots had placed on his chest when they bid him goodbye in Ketterdam.
“I know you never cared for sweets.” Her voice wobbled as she let a handful of toffees fall from her hand. They made a hollow patter. “But this way I’m with you, and you can keep them for me when I see you next. I know you won’t eat them yourself.”
― King of Scars
“I know you never cared for sweets.” Her voice wobbled as she let a handful of toffees fall from her hand. They made a hollow patter. “But this way I’m with you, and you can keep them for me when I see you next. I know you won’t eat them yourself.”
― King of Scars
“There will come a day, I promise you, when the thought of your son, or daughter, or your wife or your husband, brings a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eye. It will happen. My prayer for you is that day will come sooner than later.”
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“Three Pines is a state of mind. When we choose tolerance over hate. Kindness over cruelty. Goodness over bullying. When we choose to be hopeful, not cynical. Then we live in Three Pines.”
― Glass Houses
― Glass Houses
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