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Mary Frances Marlow
https://www.goodreads.com/mfrances92
Maybe that’s why I loved to read so much. I could escape my reality and live a thousand lives through the pages and words of others.
“Having hope is kind of like praying. Like asking God for something and hoping He’ll hear you. But if you have an expectation, it’s more like a demand than a prayer. Like you’re saying, here’s what I expect, God, so make it happen for me. See? Like you’re the one who gets to give the orders.”
― The River Is Waiting
― The River Is Waiting
“If you focus on what’s harmonious and beautiful in your present surroundings, harmony and beauty will follow you.”
― The River Is Waiting
― The River Is Waiting
“Of course, sometimes we forget that dreams and nightmares are two sides of the same coin”
― The Mad Wife
― The Mad Wife
“ ‘Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load with today’s strength—carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.’—Corrie ten Boom.”
― The River Is Waiting
― The River Is Waiting
“Sometimes the memories we keep are the ones we’d rather forget. But they have a way of finding us in the night, whispering along the wind so we remember.”
― The Mad Wife
― The Mad Wife
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Mary Frances’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mary Frances’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
3,094 books
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421 friends
614 books
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175 friends
602 books
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28 friends
175 books
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500 friends
485 books
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38 books
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515 friends
818 books
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Favorite Genres
Contemporary, Crime, Fiction, Horror, Memoir, Mystery, Poetry, Psychology, Self help, Suspense, Thriller, and Young-adult
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