Melissa Dill
Http://refractedneurons.blogspot.com
“Freaks are the much needed escape from the humdrum. They are poetry.”
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“You are a weird-type person. Because only weird-type people sit in kitchens and basements and places all hours of the night, soldering things to boards to make machines go flickety-flock.”
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“The focus is on tearing out dysfunction and blight, instead of finding existing strengths and building on what people value and what is working well.”
― Divided We Fail: The Story of an African American Community That Ended the Era of School Desegregation
― Divided We Fail: The Story of an African American Community That Ended the Era of School Desegregation
“Looks like a fish, moves like a fish, steers like a cow.”
― The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
― The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
“Privacy is precious in cities. It is indispensable. Perhaps it is precious and indispensable everywhere, but in most places you cannot get it. In small settlements everyone knows your affairs. In the city everyone does not—only those you choose to tell will know much about you.”
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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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Classics, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Horror, Manga, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Poetry, Science, Science fiction, Suspense, and Thriller
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