People can think whatever they like. I don't desire their validation. — Tahereh Mafi Aaron-warner Copy Share Image
I tuck caution into my pocket and hope I can reach for it if I need to. — Tahereh Mafi Caution Copy Share Image
“Your eyes are so deep. So calm. I want to know what you're thinking.” — Tahereh Mafi Adam-kent Copy Share Image
“I remember you every day forever in every single broken moment of my life.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“You want to keep your little brother alive? Make sure you don't kill yourself while you're trying to save him.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“And I felt it then: this strange, inexplicable sense that she might be the only person in the world I could really… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“And I understand, for the first time, that I have the power to destroy everything.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Ah, Ms. Ferrars. I don't know what you hope to accomplish by sitting in the corner.” — Tahereh Mafi Castle Copy Share Image
“I need air. I need a new brain. I need to jump out a window and catch a ride with a dragon… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“But one day, she swore, she'd breathe light and color back into the dimness that had diminished her life.” — Tahereh Mafi Heart Copy Share Image
“Is it possible to love someone and then stop loving them? I don't know I even know what love is.” — Tahereh Mafi Love Copy Share Image
“I'm going to show you exactly what choice I've made. I'm going to memorize every inch of your body with my lips.” — Tahereh Mafi Lips Copy Share Image
“You're naked?" Kenji is suddenly studying my sheet and not bothering to be subtle about it. I flush despite my best efforts,… — Tahereh Mafi Juliette Copy Share Image
“Good morning, sunshine." Kenji blinks in our direction. "Morning," I say back. "I wasn't talking to you," he says, trying to smile.… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Have you ever been in love?" I ask, turning on my side to look at him. He stares up at the sky.… — Tahereh Mafi Juliette-ferrars Copy Share Image
“You’ll be fine. You didn’t even break anything. You messed up your knuckles and your brain freaked out a little and basically… — Tahereh Mafi Vacation Copy Share Image
“I've finally gotten to a point in my life where I'm not afraid to speak. Where my shadow no longer haunts me.… — Tahereh Mafi Freedom Copy Share Image
“I didn't know much about the world, but there was something about you I was immediately drawn to. It's like I just… — Tahereh Mafi Life Copy Share Image
“It's just a whisper of a kiss but something collapses in my skull. It's a feather-light brush of his mouth against my… — Tahereh Mafi Different languages Copy Share Image
“One day Adam will realize that what he felt for me was just a crazy kind of desperation. We were two people… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Adam: I am being cool. I'm a freaking saint. I don't know anyone else who would be as generous as I am… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I watch him walk away with the only family he has left and I know why Adam joined the army. I know… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Because sometimes you see yourself—you see yourself the way you could be—the way you might be if things were different. And if… — Tahereh Mafi Life Copy Share Image
“Killing time isn't as difficult as it sounds. I can shoot a hundred numbers through the chest and watch them bleed decimal… — Tahereh Mafi Time Copy Share Image
“Friendship is not a thing I have ever experienced. Not as a child, and not as I am now. Except. One month… — Tahereh Mafi Children Copy Share Image
“And I think people become who they really are when things get rough. I’ve seen it firsthand. With myself, my parents, with… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I don't want you to kill anyone at all," I say. "Not just Adam." Warner laughs a sharp, strange laugh. He looks… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Raindrops are my only reminder that clouds have a heartbeat. That I have one, too. I always wonder about raindrops. I wonder… — Tahereh Mafi Rain Copy Share Image
“I would rather be dead, than go back to being silent and suffocated.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
