“Juliette," he says, and he mouths the name, barely speaking at all, and he's pouring molten lava into my limbs and I… — Tahereh Mafi Death Copy Share Image
“Kenji snorts.“That’s because you’re not fragile,” Kenji says. “If anything, everyone needs to protect themselves from you. You’re like a freaking beast,”… — Tahereh Mafi Friends Copy Share Image
“He's still looking at me, searching my eyes like he's found something he can't bear to walk away from. His hands move… — Tahereh Mafi Whispers Copy Share Image
“Alice couldn’t explain why, exactly, but she knew now that things had changed between them. Oliver had become her friend in an… — Tahereh Mafi Friendship Copy Share Image
“Water that never moves." I say to him. "Its fine for a little while. You can drink from it and it'll sustain… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I lived in a really dark place. I wasn't safe in my own mind. I woke up every morning hoping to die… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Never forget,” I say, quietly now, “that if I wanted your job, I could have it. And never forget that the man… — Tahereh Mafi Juliette-ferrars Copy Share Image
“Every vertebra, every knuckle, both kneecaps, both hips. I am a pile of bones on the floor and no one knows it… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I fold myself into a corner of this room and bury my head in my knees and rock back and forth and… — Tahereh Mafi Asylum 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
“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
“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
“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
“You were so hurt,” he says, “that I’d asked you to wear a dress.” He looks at me then, eyes sparkling with… — Tahereh Mafi Clean clothes Copy Share Image
“Because the more I discover about him, the fewer excuses I have to push him away. He's unraveling before me, becoming something… — Tahereh Mafi Terrifying Copy Share Image
“But I'm shocked by the tenderness in his voice. The sincerity with which he wants to know. He's like a feral dog,… — Tahereh Mafi Love Copy Share Image
“loneliness is an old friend standing beside you in the mirror, looking you in the eye, challenging you to live your life… — Tahereh Mafi Friendship Copy Share Image
“He and I would end up like water going nowhere. Water that never moves-- It's fine for a little while. You can… — Tahereh Mafi Ignite-me Copy Share Image
“I've tried so hard to stop thinking about him. I've tried so hard to forget his face. I've tried so hard to… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Can you, like, see invisible people, too?" "No," Warner says to him, eyes focused in front of him. "I can feel your… — Tahereh Mafi 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
“I think there's something about the impermanence of life these days that makes it necessary to etch ink into our skin" he… — Tahereh Mafi Life Copy Share Image
“I want you to be happy," I tell him, my eyes searching his. 'I want you to have a family. I want… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“All I know is that it’ll never be safe for me to rely on someone else again, to need constant reassurance of… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“My eyes are filling fast with tears and I blink and blink but the world is a mess and I want to… — Tahereh Mafi Tears Copy Share Image
“Your suit looks just like mine.” Kenji frowns. “I’m supposed to be the one with the black suit. Why can’t you have… — Tahereh Mafi 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'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
“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
“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
“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
