Sarah

“You got enough? Because I got a little extra over here in Titty Savings and Loan. She patted her bosom, where she had apparently stashed a few dollars.”
― Tayari Jones, Kin

“Hearts grow strings because of what you know that's the same, what happened to you that's the same. And when what you want is the same.”
― Tayari Jones, Kin

“I turned my fork over on my plate wondering why it was always my responsibility to worry over what grown men might be thinking. I had been hearing it all my life. Even back to when I lived with Nene, as a flat-chested eight-year-old, I was constantly reminded to be modest. Not to leave the bathroom without my robe on when an uncle or cousin or friend of the family was at the house, smoking cigarettes and drinking beer.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“Granny's speech was different when she had her teeth in. It was like listening to someone try to talk left-handed.”
― Tayari Jones, Kin