I’m happy to have her close even if it hurts, even if it…

“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 the ground.…

— Tahereh Mafi

“If it were nothing but sexual attraction I’m sure I would not suffer such unbearable humiliation. But I wanted so much more than her…

— Tahereh Mafi

“I have an extremely low threshold for disorder; it offends my very being.”

— Tahereh Mafi

“I allowed myself to believe she’d seen a future for us; that she wanted to be with me and simply thought it impossible.”

— Tahereh Mafi

“Sir, can you hear me?" Another cry. But this time, a voice I don't detest. "Sire, please, can you hear me-" "I've been shot,…

— Tahereh Mafi

“There’s something simmering inside of me. Something I’ve never dared to tap into, something I’m afraid to acknowledge. There’s a part of me clawing…

— Tahereh Mafi

“Friendship is not a thing I have ever experienced. Not as a child, and not as I am now. Except. One month ago, I…

— Tahereh Mafi

“There was something about my face,she said, that she couldn't stand. Something about my eyes, the way I looked at her, the fact I…

— Tahereh Mafi

“That traitorous bastard. The idiot who thinks he's won himself a pretty girl. He has no idea who she is. No idea what she'd…

— Tahereh Mafi

“Sometimes I close my eyes and paint these walls a different color. I imagine I’m wearing warm socks and sitting by a fire. I…

— Tahereh Mafi

“After all, there’s no sort of guarantee when it comes to love, nor about feeling any sort of way that leaves you attached to…

— Cara Demers

“I've never read anything that could speak directly to my bones.”

— Tahereh Mafi

“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 like this…I’ve…

— Tahereh Mafi

“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 the ground.”

— Tahereh Mafi

“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 sitting still…

— Tahereh Mafi