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Melanie Jackson

@mjjaxn.bsky.social

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free... and look at cats. Author of Chloe Boston, Butterscotch Jones and Miss Henry mysteries, artist and animal lover. Not a fan of DM. No Crypto.

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Sometimes I think my life would make a great TV movie. It even has the part where they say, "Stand by. We are experiencing temporary difficulties." ~Robert Brault

09.03.2026 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The library lets you borrow the beauty and keep the knowledge. ~Author unknown

09.03.2026 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not." ~ George A. Sheehan

09.03.2026 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
-Elizabeth Barrett Browning

09.03.2026 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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As thy softest limbs I feel
Smiles as of the morning steal
O’er thy cheek, and o’er thy breast
Where thy little heart doth rest.
-William Blake

09.03.2026 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
-Michel de Montaigne

09.03.2026 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Where there is discord may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. Where there is despair, may we bring hope." ~ Francis of Assisi

09.03.2026 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Your heart knows true love when it finds it, our job is to look until it finds us. ~John Sarasien

09.03.2026 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I think in a lot of cases, ghosts are history demanding to be remembered. ~Jeff Belanger

09.03.2026 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"May the saddest day of your future be no worse than the happiest day of your past." ~ P.B. Kerr

09.03.2026 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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That breeze in your soul is adventure calling. ~Terri Guillemets

09.03.2026 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'Cause every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp-dressed man πŸ™‚.

09.03.2026 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œContempt for flowers is an offense against God. The lovelier the flower, the greater the offense in despising it. The tulip is the loveliest of all flowers. So whoever despised the tulip offends God immeasurably.”
― Alexandre Dumas

09.03.2026 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Come on and paint your knees and roll your stockings down-- and all that jazz!

09.03.2026 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"There's nothing else I would rather do, unless there was a profession that involved cuddling bunny rabbits and kittens all day for money." ~ Kat Dennings (try volunteering at your local animal shelter :-))

09.03.2026 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Come Sleep, O Sleep, the certain knot of peace,
The baiting place of wit, the balm of woe,
The poor man’s wealth, the prisoner’s release,
The indifferent judge between the high and low;
With shield of proof shield me from out the press
Of those fierce darts Despair at me doth throw...
-Philip Sidney

09.03.2026 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tell her this
And more,β€”
That the king of the seas
Weeps too, old, helpless man.
The bustling fates
Heap his hands with corpses
Until he stands like a child
With surplus of toys.
― Stephen Crane

09.03.2026 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge you’ll never walk alone.
-Sam Levenson

09.03.2026 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you're Irish, it doesn't matter where you go - you'll find family.
--Victoria Smurfit

09.03.2026 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny.
-Garrison Keillor

09.03.2026 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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May God be with you and bless you.
May you see your children's children.
May you be poor in misfortune, rich in blessings.
May you know nothing but happiness
From this day forward.

09.03.2026 11:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Keep out of the past. It is haunted.
-Ella Wheeler Wilcox

09.03.2026 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"All God's angels come to us disguised." ~ James Russell Lowell

09.03.2026 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Phantom Tollbooth was a favorite childhood story.

09.03.2026 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's to him who makes the best
Of the goods before him spread.
For this world is what we make it, and
We're a deuce of a long time dead.
~ John William Sargent

09.03.2026 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.
T. S. Eliot

09.03.2026 11:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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With the lengthening days which distinguish the 3rdmonth of winter from its predecessor, come ardent desires for spring&longings forthetime ofbirds&flowers. An adventurous swallow flying from the south, a vision of snowdrops in the snow, a day of April warmth lit by a slant February sun. ~OAdams

09.03.2026 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œMay God give you the strength to face each day,
The courage to walk through storms,
And the wisdom to know you never walk alone.”

08.03.2026 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A house isn't a home without the ineffable contentment of a cat with its tail folded about its feet. A cat gives mystery, charm, suggestion.
-Lucy Maud Montgomery

08.03.2026 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Open your heart and take us in,
Love β€” love and me.
~W.E. Henley

08.03.2026 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0