"Remember that the writing itself is good for……" — Tayari Jones
"Remember that the writing itself is good for you. If your story is so close to home that you are afraid to write it, it probably means you need to write it."
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25 Quotes by Tayari Jones
Tayari Jones has 25 quotes on this site.
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People say, That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger. But they are wrong. What doesn't kill you doesn't kill…
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And this is how it started. Just with coffee and the exchange of their long stories. Love can be incremental.…
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Abandonment doesn't have the sharp but dissipating sting of a slap. It's like a punch to the gut, bruising your…
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I am neither religious nor superstitious, but there is something otherworldly about the space where two roads come together. The…
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If there was ever a time to boil up some grits it is now.
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I guess this is how love is when it comes undone. No matter how tight you knit the stitches, a…
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Dwelling on pain, spending too much time immersed in it, tasting its flavors, fingering its textures--this makes it only more…
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It's funny how three or four notes of anger can be struck at once, creating the perfect chord of fury.
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My first novel, Leaving Atlanta, took at look at my hometown in the late 1970s, when the city was terrorized…
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This is what I have come to know: Our past is never passed and there is no such thing as…
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I take mentoring very seriously and I am on the board of an organization called Girls Write Now, where we…
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I don't mind expressing my opinions and speaking out against injustice. I would be doing this even if I wasn't…
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More Afraid Quotes
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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old.
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.
— Dido Armstrong
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I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.
— Jane Austen
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
— Teresa of Avila
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I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different…
— Kevin Bacon
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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most…
— Abigail Adams
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I grew up as a Mormon, and that had more of an impact on my values than my beliefs. I'm…
— Amy Adams
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Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck…
— Lucille Ball
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Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.
— Lucille Ball
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I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't…
— Brigitte Bardot
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As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.
— Dave Barry
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I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.
— Lynda Barry
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