Melanie

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Melanie is Currently Reading

Melanie is currently reading

Goodbye to a River: A Narrative (Vintage Departures)

by John Graves

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The Orchard

by David Hopen (Goodreads Author)

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Apr 26, 2026 10:20AM

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Say Hello to My Little Friend

by Jennine Capó Crucet (Goodreads Author)

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Melanie’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for You Could Make This Place Beautiful

You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith

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How I picture it: For months, maybe even years, I folded and folded my happiness until I couldn’t fold it anymore, until it fit under my tongue, and I held it there. I kept silent in order to hold it. I taught myself to read his face and ...more

Temporary

by Hilary Leichter

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Melanie’s Quotes

“You should approach each book -- you should approach life -- with the real possibility that you might get a metaphorical boner at any point.”
― Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

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“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

tags: books, life, limits

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“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

tags: mischief

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“Everyone looks retarded once you set your mind to it.”
― David Sedaris

tags: humor, perception, retardation

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“The Burgess sisters arrived together. Tara and Lainie do a little bit of everything. Sometimes dancers, sometimes actresses. Once they were librarians, but that is a subject they will only discuss if heavily intoxicated.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

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