Alyssa
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Xaden is mine. My heart, my soul, my everything. He channeled from the earth to save me, and I’ll scour the world until I find a way to save him right back.
“There are many kinds of selfishness in this world, but the most selfish is hoarding time, because none of us know how much we have, and it is an affront to God to assume there will be more.”
― Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family
― Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family
“I was born with the same gift from God we are all born with—the impulse to reach out and lessen the suffering of another human being. It was a gift, and we each had a choice whether to use this gift or not.”
― The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
― The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
“There is a reason you glance up when you first hear a melody, or tap your foot to the sound of a drum. All humans are musical. Why else would the Lord give you a beating heart?”
― The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
― The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
“Books are what teach you about life. Books teach you empathy. But you can’t buy books if you barely got enough to make rent. So that library is a vital resource! You shut a library, Louisa, you don’t just shut down a building, you shut down hope.”
― Still Me
― Still Me
“We also need to learn about human dignity, about human worth and value. We need to think about the fact that we are all more than the worst thing we have done.”
― The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
― The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
Alyssa’s 2025 Year in Books
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African American, Biography, Book Club, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Memoir, Non-fiction, Politics, and Romance
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