But home isn’t where you land; home is where you launch
Tayari Jones, An American Marriage
One of the hurdles of adulthood is when holidays become measuring sticks against which you always fall short. For children, Thanksgiving is about turkey and Christmas is about presents. Grown up, you learn that all holidays are about family, and few can win there.
Tayari Jones, An American Marriage
But a man who is a father to a daughter is different from one who is a father to a son. One is the left shoe and the other is the right. They are the same but not interchangeable.
Tayari Jones, An American Marriage
You don’t know what you need until somebody gives it to you exactly the way you need it gave.
Tayari Jones, An American Marriage
Like they say, weeping endures for a night
Tayari Jones, An American Marriage
There should be a word for this, the way it feels to steal something that’s already yours
Tayari Jones, An American Marriage
Sometimes when you like where you end up, you don’t care how you got there.
Tayari Jones, An American Marriage
There are too many loose ends in the world in need of knots.
Tayari Jones, An American Marriage
Marriage is between two people. There is no studio audience.
Tayari Jones, An American Marriage
Break your own heart, or they will break it for you
Tayari Jones, An American Marriage
The Book Told Me That 