Melissa Rios
https://www.goodreads.com/melirios
“We don't really learn anything properly until there is a problem, until we are in pain, until something fails to go as we had hoped ... We suffer, therefore we think.”
― How Proust Can Change Your Life
― How Proust Can Change Your Life
“It is perhaps when our lives are at their most problematic that we are likely to be most receptive to beautiful things.”
― The Architecture of Happiness
― The Architecture of Happiness
“You can never replace anyone because everyone is made up of such beautiful specific details.”
― Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays
― Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays
“Feeling lost, crazy and desperate belongs to a good life as much as optimism, certainty and reason.”
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Melissa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Melissa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Biography, Book Club, Chick-lit, Children's, Ebooks, Fiction, History, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Romance, Science, Self help, and Travel
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