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Melissa’s Quotes

“When you're drowning you don't think, I would be incredibly pleased if someone would notice I'm drowning and come and rescue me. You just scream.”
― John Lennon

tags: humour, power-of-words

1413 likes

“Take pride in your pain; you are stronger than those who have none”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

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“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.”
― Lois Lowry, The Giver

tags: loneliness, memories, pain, share

5760 likes

“It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.”
― Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

tags: happiness

4145 likes

“I do not feel obliged in my reading. I read to be entertained and to relax, and to go into another world, not because it's good for me.”
― Nora Roberts

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Goodreads Authors/Readers — 56134 members — last activity 32 minutes ago
This group is dedicated to connecting readers with Goodreads authors. It is divided by genres, and includes folders for writing resources, book websit ...more

Brewing Tea Bag — 138 members — last activity Apr 02, 2013 01:45PM
A passionate group of people who love reading Chick-lit/contemporary/romance novels and Tea of all aroma's and flavors. We choose and read one book f ...more

2026 Big Book Challenge — 797 members — last activity Jan 21, 2026 03:35PM
Have some larger books to read this year? This is the place to share those. You set your own goal as to the number of books to read, or just keep trac ...more

BoingBooks — 15 members — last activity Dec 04, 2011 09:59PM
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Rated YA-MA — 3102 members — last activity Nov 16, 2025 01:48PM
A group for adult lovers of Young Adult fiction. We feature a different YA book genres and topics with our group reads, in order to cater to a varie ...more

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