166 Quotes by Tayari Jones

People say, That which doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. But they are wrong. What doesn’t kill you doesn’t kill you. That’s all you get. Sometimes, you just have to hope that’s enough.

A woman doesn’t always have a choice, not in a meaningful way. Sometimes there is a debt that must be paid, a comfort that she is obliged to provide, a safe passage that must be secured. Everyone of us has lain down for a reason that was not love.

Yes means yes and no means no, but what is the meaning of silence?

When I am writing a story it feels as real as the life I am experiencing off the page. It’s an emotional illusion, I guess.

You can never know another person’s mind; this is one thing I have learned.

I do have a sister – I have two sisters.

But how you feel love and understand love are two different things.

I feel like I need and need and need and it’s wearing a hole in the fabric.

What happens to you doesn’t belong to you, only half concerns you. It’s not yours. Not yours only.