“The small hand of a clock taps me at one and two, three and four, whispering hello, get up, stand up, it's… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Things are changing, but this time I'm not afraid. This time I know who I am. This time I've made the right… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I bite back a shiver as the blood rushes up to blush my cheeks and for a moment, just for this moment,… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I tried so hard to fix what I'd ruined. I tried every single day to be what they wanted. I tried all… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“They filled our world with weapons aimed at foreheads and smiled as they shot 16 candles right through our future. They killed… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Sir, can you hear me?" Another cry. But this time, a voice I don't detest. "Sire, please, can you hear me-" "I've… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“But time is beyond our finite comprehension. It’s endless, it exists outside of us; we cannot run out of it or lose… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Oh, so now you’re abusing the crippled kid, huh?” Kenji takes a moment to steady himself before punching Adam in the arm.… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Everything is on fire. My cheeks my hands the pit of my stomach and I'm drowing in waves of emotion and a… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“It’s like that one time you woke up and tripped down a rabbit hole and a blond girl in a blue dress… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“One day Adam will realize that what he felt for me was just a crazy kind of desperation. We were two people… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I remember it so well. Dying. It was the most painful thing I've ever experienced. I couldn't scream because my lungs were… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I’m not sure. But there’s something about the darkness, the stillness of this hour, I think, that creates a language of its… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“He's looking so deeply into my eyes that I'm surprised I haven't buckled under the intensity and I realize then, right in… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
His hands are holding my cheeks, and he pulls back just to look me in the eye and his chest is heaving… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I wonder at my incapacity for easy banter, smooth conversation, empty words to fill awkward moments. I don't have a closet filled… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“It's like spending 6 months just trying to inhale. It's like forgetting how to move your muscles and reliving every nauseous moment… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“You’ve suppressed all your rage and resentment because you wanted to be loved,” he says, no longer smiling. “Maybe I understand you,… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I’ve become obsessed. I carry her notebook with me everywhere I go, spending all my free moments trying to decipher the words… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I don't know where we're going, he and I, but I know I want to get there. We are hours and minutes… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Killing time isn't as difficult as it sounds. I can shoot a hundred numbers through the chest and watch them bleed decimal… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I promise myself then, in that moment, that I will hold him forever, just like this, until all the pain and torture… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“The moon is a loyal companion. It never leaves. It’s always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments,… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Look at me, is what I wanted to say. Talk to me every once in awhile. Find me a cure for these… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“For a moment I feel as though I exist outside of my body, as if I'm looking at myself from his perspective.… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“We're running out of time, he said. As if time were the kind of thing you could run out of, as if… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
The moon is a loyal companion. It never leaves. It’s always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments,… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“You know there's a different side of yourself you don't want to recognize, a side you don't want to see in the… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“We’re running out of time, he said. As if time were the kind of thing you could run out of, as if… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“And I promise myself then, in that moment, that I will hold him forever, just like this, until all the pain and… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
His hands are holding my cheeks, and he pulls back just to look me in the eye and his chest is heaving and he… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share
“I didn't want the clothes or the perfect shoes or the expensive anything. I didn't want to be draped in silk. All I ever… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share
“He's too much. Everything about him is too much. His emotions, his actions, his anger, his aggression. His love.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share
“Right now I can't even control my own imagination as it grips my hair and drags me into the dark” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share
“I want you, I want all of you. I want you inside and out and catching your breath and aching for me like I… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share
“I almost forget that she still hates me, despite how hard I’ve fallen for her. And I’ve fallen. So hard. I’ve hit the ground.… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share
All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart. — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share
“That’s when I understand. Of course she’s not okay. Of course she didn’t get any sleep last night. Last night she almost killed one… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share
