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Melissa B
https://www.goodreads.com/mbmitchell
“Footfalls echo in the memory, down the passage which we did not take, towards the door we never opened.”
“Good things make choosing difficult.Bad things leave no choice”
― The Almond Tree
― The Almond Tree
“Inspiration was a temperamental guest. It dropped in unannounced, then left without so much as a goodbye, slipping out a window in the dead of night or sauntering out the front door, leaving the house empty, drafty, and cold.”
― 1 Step Away
― 1 Step Away
“There are no happy endings.
Endings are the saddest part,
So just give me a happy middle
And a very happy start.”
― Every Thing on It
Endings are the saddest part,
So just give me a happy middle
And a very happy start.”
― Every Thing on It
“In order to be a teacher you've got to be a student first”
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“The exact science of one molecule transformed into another -- that Mabel could not explain, but then again she couldn't explain how a fetus formed in the womb, cells becoming beating heart and hoping soul. She could not fathom the hexagonal miracle of snowflakes formed from clouds, crystallized fern and feather that tumble down to light on a coat sleeve, white stars melting even as they strike. How did such force and beauty come to be in something so small and fleeting and unknowable?”
― The Snow Child
― The Snow Child
Melissa B’s 2025 Year in Books
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