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Melanie’s Quotes

“Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.”
― Judy Garland

tags: be-yourself, greatness, individuality

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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

tags: actions, disappointed, disappointment, dream, dreams, explore, misattributed-mark-twain, sail

60407 likes

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

tags: books, humor

152289 likes

“I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.”
― Jimi Hendrix, The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love

tags: death, life

17165 likes

“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”
― Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

tags: books

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Melanie’s Groups

For Love of a Book — 6482 members — last activity 17 minutes ago
This group was created to connect lovers of stories across the internet with their characters and plotlines, dreams and recommendations. Bibliophiles ...more

Turn of a Page — 3361 members — last activity 26 minutes ago
Welcome! We are a challenge group. We offer new challenges monthly, readathons, buddy reads, BOTM, SOTM, and a badge system we call Buttons!

A Million More Pages — 2180 members — last activity 15 minutes ago
Welcome! A Million More Pages (AMMP) is a reading group built around challenge-based reading, hosting seasonal challenges that encourage exploration, ...more

Game Night — 1143 members — last activity 2 hours, 25 min ago
We host team and individual reading games based on board games, game shows, dice games & all things fun! Choose one game or play them all... It's up ...more