166 Quotes by Tayari Jones

Did I imagine that this was our pattern for all time? That we could grow old together, accusing and forgiving? Back then, I dind’t know what forever looked like. Maybe I don’t even know now. But that night in Piney Woods, I believed that our marriage was a fine-spun tapestry, fragile but fixable. We tore it often and mended it, always with a silken thread, lovely but sure to give way.

Everything I do is a love letter addressed to you.

But who listens to the wisdom of jewelry? Only our bodies know the truth. Bones don't lie.

She pulled away and walked to my bedroom and closed herself in with a little click of the knob. I could have pursued her. A paper clip could best the catch, but when a woman shuts you out, picking the lock won’t let you back in.

Don't make your daughter feel like she got to lay with who you want her to lay with, like you're some kind of pimp.

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

Get on your knees when you talk to the Lord. Do not call yourself praying by lying in the bed thinking. Thinking and praying are two different things, and for something this important, you need prayer.

Yes," she said, but she seemed confused. "I never thought you did it. I know who I married.""Georgia," I said. "I know who I married, too. You're in me. When I touch you, your flesh communicates with my bones. You think I can't feel how sad you are?""I'm scared," she said, her fingers transmitting a miserable willingness. "It's hard to start over.

A marriage is more than your heart, it's your life. And we are not sharing ours.