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“If I were you I’d be more worried about the wives and daughters going out to run with the wolves.”
“Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.”
― Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
― Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
“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
“The refrigerator was one of the main things my mother prayed to. She said that a cold beer could make you love a refrigerator.”
― Prayers for the Stolen
― Prayers for the Stolen
“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
“...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
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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234 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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