“Damn,” Kenji says after a moment. “Damn damn damn. This shit is bananas” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Laughter was a silk that would soften even the roughest moments.” — Tahereh Mafi Comedy Copy Share Image
“loneliness is a bitter, wretched companion. sometimes it just won't let go.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“How can I hate his anger," he says, "when I know so well where it comes from?” — Tahereh Mafi Anger Copy Share Image
“I saw the world and its lack of compassion, its harsh, grating judgment, and its cold, resentful eyes.” — Tahereh Mafi Compassion Copy Share Image
“He's standing right in front of me and I miss him like I haven't seen him in years.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I allowed myself to believe she’d seen a future for us; that she wanted to be with me and simply thought it… — Tahereh Mafi Destroy-me Copy Share Image
“All this has managed to prove is that you are extremely good at turning me off.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“...dying and somehow being brought back to life in the same moment, the same breath.” — Tahereh Mafi Breath Copy Share Image
“You are so confident," he says to me. "You're stubborn and resilient. So brave. So strong. So inhumanly beautiful. You could conquer… — Tahereh Mafi Aaron-warner Copy Share Image
“My face is in his hands and my lips are at his lips and he's kissing me and I'm oxygen and he's… — Tahereh Mafi Kissing Copy Share Image
Books are easily destroyed. But words will live as long as people can remember them. — Tahereh Mafi Book Copy Share Image
“No gun, no sword, no army or king will ever be more powerful than a sentence. Swords may cut and kill, but… — Tahereh Mafi Sword Copy Share Image
“Hope is hugging me, holding me in its arms, wiping away my tears and telling me that today and tomorrow and two… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
It's hot rain and humid days and broken thermostats. It's screaming and raging steam engines and wanting to take your clothes off… — Tahereh Mafi Breeze Copy Share Image
“Warner’s head is on my lap. His face is smooth and calm and peaceful in a way I've never seen it and… — Tahereh Mafi Calm and peace Copy Share Image
“We've been shattered and reconstructed, told to make an effort every single day to pretend we still function the way we're supposed… — Tahereh Mafi Every single day Copy Share Image
“People are so preoccupied with making sense despite it being the most uninteresting thing to manufacture.” He shook his head. “Making magic,”… — Tahereh Mafi Magic Copy Share Image
“I’m not,” I insist. “I’m just—I don’t know.” I sigh. “I don’t know what’s happening to me.” “They’re called hormones.” I shoot… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Good morning, sweetheart." "I like that," I say quietly, smiling even though he can't see it. "I like it when you call… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“He looks immaculate. Flawless, especially as he stands here among the dirt and destruction, surrounded by the bleakest colors this landscape has… — 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 Castle Copy Share Image
I spent my life folded between the pages of books. In the absence of human relationships I formed bonds with paper characters.… — Tahereh Mafi Absence Copy Share Image
“I count everything. Even numbers, odd numbers, multiples of 10. I count the ticks of the clock i count the tocks of… — Tahereh Mafi Adam-kent Copy Share Image
“I’ve fallen for her…So hard. I’ve hit the ground. Gone right through it. Never in my life have if felt this. Nothing… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
Synonyms know each other like old colleagues, like a set of friends who've seen the world together. They swap stories, reminisce about… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“There are three things you should know about me, love." He steps forward. "The first," he says, "is that I hate my… — Tahereh Mafi Aaron-warner-anderson Copy Share Image
“Juliette Ferrars." A voice detonates my name. There's a heavy boot pressed on my back and I can't lift my head to… — Tahereh Mafi Chapter-8 Copy Share Image
