Quotes from Gods in Alabama

Joshilyn Jackson ·  320 pages

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“God gave us crying so other folks could see when we needed help, and help us.”
― Joshilyn Jackson, quote from Gods in Alabama


“There are gods in Alabama: Jack Daniel's, high school quarterbacks, trucks, big tits, and also Jesus.”
― Joshilyn Jackson, quote from Gods in Alabama


“I had been born and mostly raised in the South, so I ought to have been able to find a way to reach him. Southern girls are trained from birth up that the way to a man's heart is never through the front door. They may leave a basket of cookies there, and while he's busy picking them up, they're squirming in through a back window.”
― Joshilyn Jackson, quote from Gods in Alabama


“Hail to thee, Alabama, thou verdant trollop!”
― Joshilyn Jackson, quote from Gods in Alabama


“The things that happen to me just make me more me.”
― Joshilyn Jackson, quote from Gods in Alabama



“Hail to thee Alabama, you verdant trollop.”
― Joshilyn Jackson, quote from Gods in Alabama


“oh that's right, you never lie unless your mouth is open and words are coming out of it”
― Joshilyn Jackson, quote from Gods in Alabama


“People sin, Lena. People in love sin a lot. God invented sex. He knows how it works”
― Joshilyn Jackson, quote from Gods in Alabama


“You picked a man who can read tax code and date a celibate for two years. That's some serious patience. I have zero doubt in my ability to wait you out. I have zero doubt that you're meant to be my girl.”
― Joshilyn Jackson, quote from Gods in Alabama


About the author

Joshilyn Jackson
Born place: The United States
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