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Mel’s Quotes

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: happiness

32977 likes

“No furniture is so charming as books.”
― Sydney Smith , A Memoir of the Rev. Sydney Smith; 2 volume set

tags: books, literature, reading, words

430 likes

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: inspirational

23870 likes

“Nobody's ever asked me to a party before, as a friend. Is that why you dyed your eyebrow, for the party? Should I do mine too?”
― J.K. Rowling , Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

tags: humor, party

778 likes

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

135483 likes

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Nothing But Reading Challenges — 26558 members — last activity 51 minutes ago
(click on image to go to discussion) We believe reading is fun and find unique and challenging ways to spread the love of reading. T ...more

Kids/Teens Book Club — 6034 members — last activity Dec 13, 2025 09:39AM
Welcome to the group :) Here we talk about and recommend plenty of MG/YA books, as well as discuss film, music, our writing, current affairs and much ...more

♥!The Young Adult Book Club!♥ — 15576 members — last activity Dec 22, 2025 05:36AM
“You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.” ― Paul Sweeney Welcome to The Young Ad ...more