I can do anything I want. Be with anyone I want. And it'll be my choice. — Tahereh Mafi Choice Copy Share Image
“I do know that I don't want to wake him. We were up very late last night.” — Tahereh Mafi Fire Copy Share Image
“Truth is a jealous, vicious mistress that never, ever sleeps.” — Tahereh Mafi Depth Copy Share Image
“I am no longer afraid of fear, and I will not let it rule me. Fear will learn to fear me.” — Tahereh Mafi Fear Copy Share Image
“Sticks and stones keep breaking my bones but these words, these words will kill me.” — Tahereh Mafi Sticks and stones Copy Share Image
“The drawers in my mind are rattling to break open. Memories. Theories. Whispers and sensations. I shove them off a cliff.” — Tahereh Mafi Memory Copy Share Image
“Kenji is a walking paradox of Unflinchingly Serious Person and 12-Year-Old Boy Going Through Puberty all rolled into one.” — Tahereh Mafi Kenji Copy Share Image
“I wish I could put his words in my pocket just to touch them once in a while and remind myself that… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I want a pocketful of punctuation marks to end the thoughts he's forced into my head.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Heat rushes up my neck and I fall off a ladder holding a paintbrush dipped in red.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“This is so unbearably inconvenient," he says. "I was prepared to hate him for the rest of my life.” — Tahereh Mafi Hate Copy Share Image
“Take me back," I tell him, shifting a little. The world tilts and steadies all at once. "Alert the medics and have… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“You allow the world to think you're a heartless murderer," I tell him. "And you're not." He laughs, once; his eyebrows lifting… — Tahereh Mafi Ignite-me Copy Share Image
“I'm petrified. Because being this close to you is doing things to me. Strange things and irrational things and things that flutter… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“All I know next are his arms, the desperate edge to his voice when he says my name, and I'm unraveling in… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“For so many years I thought my life was difficult; I thought I understood what it meant to suffer. But this. This… — Tahereh Mafi Ashamed Copy Share Image
“So, let me get this straight," Winston says. "Our plan is basically seduce the soldiers and civilians of Sector 45 into fighting… — Tahereh Mafi Ignite-me Copy Share Image
“You know, I can sort of control it now," I tell him, beaming. "I can moderate my strength levels." "Good for you.… — Tahereh Mafi Balloon Copy Share Image
“He shifts and my eyes shatter into thousands of pieces that ricochet around the room, capturing a million snapshots, a million moments… — Tahereh Mafi Memories Copy Share Image
“We don’t have to do anything at all to die. We can hide in a cupboard under the stairs our whole life… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I want to be the friend you fall hopelessly in love with. The one you take into your arms and into your… — Tahereh Mafi Friend Copy Share Image
“Adam stares at me so long I begin to blush. He tips my chin up so I meet his eyes. Blue blue… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I hear Warner laugh. I see him smile. It's the kind of smile that transforms him into someone else entirely, the kind… — Tahereh Mafi Beautiful Copy Share Image
“Because some people are so stupid to believe there are thick neon lines separating good and evil. That it's easy to make… — Tahereh Mafi Clear conscience Copy Share Image
“And even if the world hates me, even if they never stop hating me, I will never avenge myself on an innocent… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“But the thought of laying a hand on someone brings back a world of memories, feelings, a flush of power I experience… — Tahereh Mafi Feelings Copy Share Image
“He’s kissing me like the world is rolling right off a cliff, like he’s trying to hang on and he’s decided to… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
