Kin Quotes

“you gave me the care that people save for kin.”
― Tayari Jones, Kin

“My husband held me in his arms and in his wide heart as I revealed every truth that language allowed.”
― Tayari Jones, Kin

“I was halfway back to the shack when I realized that I had envelopes and paper, but no pencil to write with. It was all I could do not to cry at the story of my life.”
― Tayari Jones, Kin

“When your mama is in heaven there is nothing to stop her from loving you—not a man”
― Tayari Jones, Kin

“We worked together for what seemed to be a long time but couldn’t have been because the sun was the same height in the sky when we were done as it had been when we got started. But some days are like that. You work yourself weary”
― Tayari Jones, Kin

“The salesman’s Bible was like Seventeen magazine. Cute as can be”
― Tayari Jones, Kin

“I’m fine,” I said. “It was all a long time ago.” But Carmen didn’t give that lie even the courtesy of a nod. “When you lose your mama”
― Tayari Jones, Kin

“It’s not vulgar like when you say someone is a motherfucker—letting everyone know you are angry”
― Tayari Jones, Kin

“The last day of my old life had been a long one. Miss Jemison led me to the corner of the room and spoke in a voice so low that it bypassed my ear and traveled from her heart to mine.”
― Tayari Jones, Kin

“When your mama is in heaven there is nothing to stop her from loving you - not a man, not a job, not whatever she wanted to be doing but she had kids instead. When the sun shines, you can feel that pure love on you. It tastes like sugarcane.”
― Tayari Jones, Kin

“He that utters slander is a fool.”
― Tayari Jones, Kin

“I knelt to say the Lord’s Prayer as my aunt said her own private words to her sister in a low humming like bees when they are creating honey. I”
― Tayari Jones, Kin