Hello. I am Deepak Kundu, an avid book reader and quotes collector. Here is a list of 7 Tayari Jones quotes that I liked and saved from various books. I hope you enjoy reading them.
Tayari Jones Quotes
Tell the truth. Don’t try to cushion the blow. If you’re bad enough to do it, you’re bad enough to tell it.
from An American Marriage book by Tayari Jones
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. Every one of us has lain down for a reason that was not love.
from An American Marriage book by Tayari Jones
Maybe that’s what it means to be in love, to willingly be at the mercy of another person.
from An American Marriage book by Tayari Jones
If you’re going to be black and struggling, the United States is probably the best place to do it.
from An American Marriage book by Tayari Jones
When a woman shuts you out, picking the lock won’t let you back in.
from An American Marriage book by Tayari Jones
There are too many loose ends in the world in need of knots. You can’t attend to all of them, but you have to try.
from An American Marriage book by Tayari Jones
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.
from An American Marriage book by Tayari Jones