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“Our mothers teach us to speak, and the world teaches us to shut up.”
― Lost Children Archive
― Lost Children Archive
“Me encantaba la capacidad de Isora para decir que no a la gente. Ella no tenía miedo de que la dejasen de querer.”
― Panza de burro
― Panza de burro
“Don't ever pray for love and health, Mother said. Or money. If G-d hears what you really want he will not give it to you. Guaranteed. When my father left my mother said, get down on your knees and pray for spoons”
― Prayers for the Stolen
― Prayers for the Stolen
“...have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not find God.”
― The Color Purple
― The Color Purple
“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it. People think pleasing God is all God cares about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back.”
― The Color Purple
― The Color Purple
Iris L’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Iris L’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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54 friends
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1,589 books
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236 friends
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Favorite Genres
Contemporary, Fiction, Historical fiction, Horror, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Poetry, Romance, Suspense, and Thriller
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