“Alice dropped her head, because sadness had left hinges in her bones.” — Tahereh Mafi Sadness Copy Share Image
“My heart has just expired and my mind has gone to hell for the day.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“And I think people become who they really are when things get rough.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Love had made her fearless, and wasn’t it strange? It was so much easier to fight for another than it was to… — Tahereh Mafi Courage Copy Share Image
“Who's Bruce Lee?" Kenji asks, horrified. "Oh my God. We can't even be friends anymore.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Something punches me in the stomach. His eyes. Something about his eyes. It’s not him” — Tahereh Mafi Eyes Copy Share Image
“Juliette ? ” A tentative voice . “ Are you okay? ” I lower the pillow . Blink up . Warner is… — Tahereh Mafi Juliette Copy Share Image
“Don't go," he says. "Your touch is the only thing keeping me from losing my mind.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I don't know much about anything in this world but I do know how to read the book written in his eyes.” — Tahereh Mafi Book Copy Share Image
“Warner nods. Takes a short breath. Licks his lips. And shoots him in the forehead.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“There will be a bird today. It will be white with streaks of gold like a crown atop its head. It will… — Tahereh Mafi Bird Copy Share Image
“Please— please get up—and lower your voice —” “Hell no.” “Why not?” I’m pleading now. “Because if I lower my voice, I… — Tahereh Mafi Juliette Copy Share Image
“You sick piece of shit," Adam says to him, his voice low, measured. "Such unfortunate language." Warner shakes his head. "Only those… — Tahereh Mafi Language Copy Share Image
“He doesn't even care about you!" Warner explodes. I flinch at the sudden, uncontrolled intensity in his voice. "He just wants a… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Mother often said that she could never be bothered to understand why Alice did the things she did, and now, more than… — Tahereh Mafi Family Copy Share Image
“This must be how I broke through the concrete in Warner's torture chamber. Which means I still have no idea how I… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“My opinions,” I say to him, quietly this time, “should not so easily break your own. Stand by your convictions. Form clear… — Tahereh Mafi Arguments Copy Share Image
“Because a quite night is not the same as a silent one,a firm man is not the same as a steady one,… — Tahereh Mafi Light Copy Share Image
“I don’t understand—why won’t you talk to me? You sit in the corner all day and write in your book and look… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“There is still a chance to change things. We can provide fresh drinking water to all people. We can make sure crops… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I turn to face him. "Listen, I'm grateful you're going to help me train now-really, I am. Thank you for that. But… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I close my eyes and paint these walls a different color. I imagine I’m wearing warm socks and sitting by a… — Tahereh Mafi Destroy-me Copy Share Image
“You think that because I am unwanted, because I am neglected and-and discarded-" My voice inches higher with every word, the unrestrained… — Tahereh Mafi Dystopian fiction Copy Share Image
“Just a moment. Just 1 second, just 1 more minute, just give me another hour or maybe the weekend to think it… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“And he leans in, so carefully. Breathing and not breathing and hearts beating between us and he’s so close, he’s so close… — Tahereh Mafi Bad dream Copy Share Image
“...and I know I'm about to die. I know it's over and it doesn't feel real, somehow, it feels like this is… — Tahereh Mafi Death Copy Share Image
“Swallow the tears back often enough and they’ll start feeling like acid dripping down your throat. It’s that terrible moment when you’re… — Tahereh Mafi Destroy-me Copy Share Image
“You never asked for anything from anyone. But no one ever gave you a chance.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I love you.” He breaks. His voice. His back. His knees. His face. He breaks.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
