“For nine months I grew a human being inside my belly and then I pushed it out my vagina and now I'm feeding it with my boob. Biology is so fucking weird.”
― It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita
― It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita
“Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.”
― Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
― Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.”
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“I do not understand the mystery of grace -- only that it meets us where we are and does not leave us where it found us.”
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“I think joy and sweetness and affection are a spiritual path. We're here to know God, to love and serve God, and to be blown away by the beauty and miracle of nature. You just have to get rid of so much baggage to be light enough to dance, to sing, to play. You don't have time to carry grudges; you don't have time to cling to the need to be right.”
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Melanie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Melanie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Art, Children's, Comics, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Non-fiction, Poetry, and Young-adult
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