Liara Tamani > Liara's Quotes

“She would always be the same girl, whether she was clear to herself or others or a big question mark. Even her clarity would get lost in the blur of life. She would forget what she had learned, make mistakes, and then remember. Only to forget again. Remember and learn, remember and learn, again and again. So she had better figure out how to forgive herself.”
― Liara Tamani, What She Missed: A Lyrical YA Coming-of-Age Story for Black Girls About Summer Friendship and First Love in Texas

“She was so close. Almost there. If only she would've been open. Honest. Maybe then she could've glimpsed herself. Made space in the hurt for her light. Taken more responsibility for herself. Returned to loving and being loved.”
― Liara Tamani, What She Missed: A Lyrical YA Coming-of-Age Story for Black Girls About Summer Friendship and First Love in Texas

“Don't be afraid of the unknown. As you grow and change, stay close to the things you love, the things that bring you light and joy and peace. In time, more will be revealed.”
― Liara Tamani, What She Missed: A Lyrical YA Coming-of-Age Story for Black Girls About Summer Friendship and First Love in Texas

“What She Missed. Sitting outside at night with blackness stretching around her. Looking up at the brightest and tiniest stars. Eyeing specks of light across the lake where people live. Spotting fires. Noticing streetlights, porch lights, and headlights meandering through the hills. Seeing all of the light in the dark.”
― Liara Tamani, What She Missed: A Lyrical YA Coming-of-Age Story for Black Girls About Summer Friendship and First Love in Texas

“I love you, Rex." I tell him. And I feel his trembling hands go still on the crown of my head. See his tender face burst open. Hear a hundred tiny bells toll in my heart. No false alarms.”
― Liara Tamani, All the Things We Never Knew

“And it's like we're two trees secretly sharing nutrients underground, two stars orbiting around all the things there's no language for.”
― Liara Tamani, All the Things We Never Knew

“There's something reassuring about the fact that numbers never run out...that they keep getting higher and higher, forever and ever. It's like numbers never really die.”
― Liara Tamani, All the Things We Never Knew