Melissa E.

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Melissa’s Bookshelves

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currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (736)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
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teen‎ (173)
manga‎ (165)
fantasy‎ (147)
all-time-favorites‎ (116)
urban-fantasy‎ (112)
kids-fiction‎ (80)
science-fiction‎ (49)

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cheese‎ (36)
fun-trash‎ (36)
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2020‎ (30)
dystopian‎ (29)
indie‎ (29)
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arthurian-legends‎ (3)
manhwa‎ (3)
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christian‎ (2)
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Melissa’s Notes & Highlights

Song for the Basilisk by Patricia A. McKillip

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Hexel’s blue eyes were narrowed, his long, black hair looked suddenly windblown, though the candles behind him burned still. As a dramatist and composer, he had an exhausting passion for dramatics. He was lean, moody, intense; students at ...more

Melissa’s Quotes

“Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.”
― Zelda Fitzgerald

tags: love

9450 likes

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

tags: books, writing

20804 likes

“Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.”
― Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn

tags: heroes, inspirational

2876 likes

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter

130692 likes

“Real magic can never be made by offering someone else's liver. You must tear out your own, and not expect to get it back.”
― Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn

tags: inspirational, magic, reminding, sacrifice

899 likes

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