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Mel’s Quotes

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

tags: intelligence, self-deprecation

71755 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

429 likes

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

tags: life

109465 likes

“Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow.”
― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

tags: infatuation, love, passion

2094 likes

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

tags: inspirational

23892 likes

More of Mel’s quotes…

Nothing But Reading Challenges — 26821 members — last activity 10 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. The a ...more

Kids/Teens Book Club — 6035 members — last activity Mar 28, 2026 07:12PM
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!♥ — 15603 members — last activity Mar 29, 2026 08:54AM
“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