“I've searched the world for all the right words and my mouth is full of nothing.” — Tahereh Mafi Language Copy Share Image
“You're just scared. You're afraid of what you're unfamiliar with. You're too worried about disappointing people. You stifle your own potential because… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I spend my life folded between pages of books. In the absence of human relationships I formed bonds with paper characters. I… — Tahereh Mafi Books Copy Share Image
“We signed on the dotted line for things we didn't know we cared about. We ate the things we shouldn't, spent money… — Tahereh Mafi Money Copy Share Image
“...I kept thinking about how Id spent my entire life being a coward, and how it got me nowhere. And I knew… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Tattoos, for example, are very hard to forget. I think there's something about the impermanence of life these days that makes it… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“If I hear any of you talk," Winston says. "I will personally send Brendan over to kick you in the face." "I… — Tahereh Mafi Friendship Copy Share Image
“I know exactly what my future looks like and I'm okay with it. I'm happy to live in solitude. I'm not afraid… — Tahereh Mafi Future Copy Share Image
“I am going to MURDER YOU—” “No,” he says, pointing at me as he shifts backward again. “Bad Juliette. You don’t like… — Tahereh Mafi Ignite-me Copy Share Image
“Juliette,” I whisper. “What are you doing here?” I’m half-dressed, getting ready for my day, and it’s too early for visitors. These… — Tahereh Mafi Peace 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
“We are synonyms but not the same. Synonyms know each other like old colleagues, like a set of friends who've seen the… — Tahereh Mafi Friendship Copy Share Image
“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… — Tahereh Mafi Aaron-warner Copy Share Image
“I'm not blind, okay? On a purely physical level? Yeah, you're pretty sexy-- and that suit you have to wear all the… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I’m not an idiot, Kenji. I have reasons for the things I say.” “Yeah, and maybe I’m just saying that you have… — Tahereh Mafi Humor Copy Share Image
“She is a soft, deadly creature. Kind and timid and terrifying. She's completely out of control and has no idea what she's… — Tahereh Mafi Beautiful disaster Copy Share Image
“No,” I hear myself say. “You’re not supposed to be here.” She’s sitting on my bed. She’s leaning back on her elbows,… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Traditional homes of our old world have been abandoned, windows shattered, roofs collapsing, red and green and blue paint scrubbed into muted… — Tahereh Mafi Bright future Copy Share Image
“You broke up with me. You gave up on us - on our entire future together. You basically reached in and ripped… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Juliette," he whispers, and I realize just how close he is. I'm not sure why I haven't evaporated into nothingness. "It's been… — Tahereh Mafi Whispers Copy Share Image
“I have no idea where I am. I only know that I was transported by someone in a white van who drove… — Tahereh Mafi Transported Copy Share Image
“Suddenly she understood that it is a very hard thing, to be afraid of things, and that it takes up so much… — Tahereh Mafi Mother Copy Share Image
“I want to tell her to stop, to leave, but parts of me are at war. I'm happy to have her close… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I can well imagine the extent of his relationship with my father,' Warner says, shaking his head. 'And that he has managed… — Tahereh Mafi Adam-kent Copy Share Image
“I'm not falling for Warner," I say quietly. "Sure you aren't." "I'm not," I insist. "I'm just-- I don't know." I sigh.… — Tahereh Mafi Juliette-ferrars Copy Share Image
“i'm always apologizing. forever apologizing. for who i am and what i never meant to be and for this body i was… — 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
“Flames are licking at my skin and there’s a burst of heat clawing through my stomach. Every inch of his body is… — Tahereh Mafi Darkness Copy Share Image
“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… — 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
“This is, by far, the craziest shit I have ever seen," Kenji says. "I really never would've believed it. Not in a… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
I’ve come to believe that the most dangerous man in the world is the one who feels no remorse. The one who… — Tahereh Mafi Action Copy Share Image
“I hate the lackadaisical ennui of a sun too preoccupied with itself to notice the infinite hours we spend in it's presence.… — Tahereh Mafi Light Copy Share Image
“Kenji glances over his shoulder at me, but doesn't have the chance to turn all the way around before I crash into… — Tahereh Mafi Tears 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 Book Copy Share Image
“In order to eat a pomegranate you need this many things: a pomegranate, a knife, a cutting board, a bowl and a… — Tahereh Mafi Food Copy Share Image
“Don't do that," he says. "Don't ask me questions you already know the answers to. Twice I've laid myself bare to you… — Tahereh Mafi Aaron-warner-anderson Copy Share Image
“We are fed lies because believing them makes us weak, vulnerable, malleable. We depend on others for our food, health, sustenance. This… — Tahereh Mafi Health Copy Share Image
“Doubt had married my fear and moved into my mind, where it built castles and ruled kingdoms and reigned over me, bowing… — Tahereh Mafi Fear Copy Share Image
Hope. It's like a drop of honey, a field of tulips blooming in the springtime. It's a fresh rain, a whispered promise,… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
