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Mel

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Mel’s Quotes

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

tags: intelligence, self-deprecation

71728 likes

“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

tags: faith

8688 likes

“No furniture is so charming as books.”
― Sydney Smith , A Memoir of the Rev. Sydney Smith; 2 volume set

tags: books, literature, reading, words

429 likes

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: happiness

32998 likes

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

135650 likes

More of Mel’s quotes…

Nothing But Reading Challenges — 26774 members — last activity 7 hours, 17 min ago
(click on image to go to discussion) We believe reading is fun and find unique and challenging ways to spread the love of reading. The a ...more

Kids/Teens Book Club — 6039 members — last activity Feb 22, 2026 11:45AM
Welcome to the group :) Here we talk about and recommend plenty of MG/YA books, as well as discuss film, music, our writing, current affairs and much ...more

♥!The Young Adult Book Club!♥ — 15587 members — last activity Mar 03, 2026 07:43AM
“You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.” ― Paul Sweeney Welcome to The Young Ad ...more