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But the more we went to church and the longer I sat in those pews the more I learned about how Christianity works: If you’re Native American and you pray to the wolves, you’re a savage. If you’re African and you pray to your ancestors,
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“Life sucks,” he says randomly. “Then you die. Might as well live while you’re still alive,”
― The Risk
― The Risk
“Just remember that whenever things feel bleak, all situations are temporary. It’s not your circumstance that determines your worth, it’s how you rise from the ashes after everything burns.”
― Hooked
― Hooked
“Maybe people never change, and it’s only our perceptions that alter the view.”
― Hooked
― Hooked
“Sometimes grief is love unexpressed. Other times it’s regret made flesh.”
― All the Sinners Bleed
― All the Sinners Bleed
“Silence stretches until I ask one last question. One final interrogation. “Dad, did you ever love me?” Pain flickers over my mother’s face. But he frowns. “When you refuse God, what do you give me to love?”
― Midnight Is the Darkest Hour
― Midnight Is the Darkest Hour
Alyssa’s 2025 Year in Books
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559 books
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21 friends
17,683 books
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553 books
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3 friends
393 books
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509 books
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17 books
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4 friends
5 books
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12 friends
102 books
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