A marriage is more than your heart, it's your life. And we are not sharing ours.
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Tayari Jones
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Yes," she said, but she seemed confused. "I never thought you did it. I know who I married."

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I know who I married, too. You're in me. When I touch you, your flesh communicates with my bones.

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Don't make your daughter feel like she got to lay with who you want her to lay with, like you're some kind of pimp.

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But who listens to the wisdom of jewelry? Only our bodies know the truth. Bones don't lie.

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But neither of us closed our eyes against the immeasurable dark of that silent night.

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