166 Quotes by Tayari Jones

It was a wonderful feeling to be grown and yet young. To be married but not settled. To be tied down yet free.

When I was mad, I didn’t raise my voice. Instead, I lowered it to a register that you heard with your bones, not your ears.

I try and calm myself, remember that I’ve lived alone before. Sleeping by myself didn’t kill me then and will not kill me now. But this is what loss has taught me of love. Our house isn’t simply empty, our home has been emptied.

You also have to work with the love you are given, with all of the complications clanging behind it like tin cans tied to a bridal sedan.

None of this proposing via billboard or at halftime at the Rose Bowl. Marriage is between two people. There is no studio audience.

I like my mimosas like I like my men... transparent.

I know who I married, too. You’re in me. When I touch you, your flesh communicates with my bones.

Babies bring the love with them when they come.

I didn’t want a fresh start, but maybe a little breathing room would be nice.