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Melissa

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Melissa’s Quotes

“If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?”
― George Carlin

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“I do not feel obliged in my reading. I read to be entertained and to relax, and to go into another world, not because it's good for me.”
― Nora Roberts

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“You can fix anything but a blank page.”
― Nora Roberts

tags: on-writing, storytelling, writing

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“It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.”
― Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

tags: happiness

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“Take pride in your pain; you are stronger than those who have none”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

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Goodreads Authors/Readers — 55722 members — last activity 5 hours, 24 min ago
This group is dedicated to connecting readers with Goodreads authors. It is divided by genres, and includes folders for writing resources, book websit ...more

Brewing Tea Bag — 138 members — last activity Apr 02, 2013 01:45PM
A passionate group of people who love reading Chick-lit/contemporary/romance novels and Tea of all aroma's and flavors. We choose and read one book f ...more

2026 Big Book Challenge — 797 members — last activity 16 hours, 32 min ago
Have some larger books to read this year? This is the place to share those. You set your own goal as to the number of books to read, or just keep trac ...more

BoingBooks — 15 members — last activity Dec 04, 2011 09:59PM
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Rated YA-MA — 3109 members — last activity Nov 16, 2025 01:48PM
A group for adult lovers of Young Adult fiction. We feature a different YA book genres and topics with our group reads, in order to cater to a varie ...more

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