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Tayari Jones quotes: If there was ever a time to boil up some grits it is now.

If there was ever a time to boil up some grits it is now.

Tayari Jones quotes: When it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. When we read fiction, we want to catch the author telling the truth.

When it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. When we read fiction, we want to catch the author telling the truth.

Tayari Jones quotes: Secret families are really the bedrock issue of Western literature.

Secret families are really the bedrock issue of Western literature.

Tayari Jones quotes: Life is full of things you never figured on.

Life is full of things you never figured on.

Tayari Jones quotes: It's funny how three or four notes of anger can be struck at once, creating the perfect chord of fury.

It's funny how three or four notes of anger can be struck at once, creating the perfect chord of fury.

Tayari Jones quotes: Marriage is complicated.

Marriage is complicated.

Tayari Jones quotes: I am always urging my students to honor their writing practice, to set up a schedule.

I am always urging my students to honor their writing practice, to set up a schedule.

Tayari Jones quotes: Dwelling on pain, spending too much time immersed in it, tasting its flavors, fingering its texturesthis makes it only more potent.

Dwelling on pain, spending too much time immersed in it, tasting its flavors, fingering its textures
this makes it only more potent.

Tayari Jones quotes: The adolescent protagonist is one of the hallmarks of American literature.

The adolescent protagonist is one of the hallmarks of American literature.

Tayari Jones quotes: Love is a maze. Once you get in it, you're pretty much trapped. Maybe you manage to claw your way out, but then what have you accomplished?

Love is a maze. Once you get in it, you're pretty much trapped. Maybe you manage to claw your way out, but then what have you accomplished?

Tayari Jones quotes: But I lived in a world where you could never want what you wanted out in the open.

But I lived in a world where you could never want what you wanted out in the open.

Tayari Jones quotes: ...and I wondered what it felt like to live inside such disloyal skin.

...and I wondered what it felt like to live inside such disloyal skin.

Tayari Jones quotes: He's your father, but first he is a man. A man is just a man, and that's all we have to wok with.

He's your father, but first he is a man. A man is just a man, and that's all we have to wok with.

Tayari Jones quotes: 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.

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.

Tayari Jones quotes: On the radio Smokey Robinson complained that a taste of honey is worse than none at all.

On the radio Smokey Robinson complained that a taste of honey is worse than none at all.

Tayari Jones quotes: Our past is never past & there is no such thing as moving on...

Our past is never past & there is no such thing as moving on...

Tayari Jones quotes: The bitter scratch of his unshaven good-night kiss will always, for me, be the sensation of grief.

The bitter scratch of his unshaven good-night kiss will always, for me, be the sensation of grief.

Tayari Jones quotes: I do have a sister - I have two sisters.

I do have a sister - I have two sisters.

Tayari Jones quotes: I was kind of an invisible girl when I was young.

I was kind of an invisible girl when I was young.

Tayari Jones quotes: The key to life," he told me once, "is to avoid the highs and the lows. It's the peaks and valleys that mess you up.

The key to life," he told me once, "is to avoid the highs and the lows. It's the peaks and valleys that mess you up.

Tayari Jones quotes: Some things were inevitable. You'd have to be a fool to think otherwise.

Some things were inevitable. You'd have to be a fool to think otherwise.

Tayari Jones quotes: Adolescence is a modern construct and very American in so many ways.

Adolescence is a modern construct and very American in so many ways.

Tayari Jones quotes: But in truth, I was different now, burning and anointed.

But in truth, I was different now, burning and anointed.

Tayari Jones quotes: I wanted to live in a house with walls painted in various shades of blue and green, instead of the eggshell hue that screamed renter.

I wanted to live in a house with walls painted in various shades of blue and green, instead of the eggshell hue that screamed renter.

Tayari Jones quotes: When you write a novel, you make other people see your imaginary friends.

When you write a novel, you make other people see your imaginary friends.