“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 Copy Share Image
“Juliette-Julietter, love, wake up-wake up" ... Warner's hands cup my face. The warmth of his skin helps calm me somehow, and I… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I understand perfectly. He's fallen for your quiet, timid shell. For who you used to be. He has no idea what you're… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Warner has collapsed in the corner. He's curled into himself, kness pulled up to his chest. arms wrapped around his legs, his… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Maybe they see something in him, see something in his face, in his features. Maybe they see what I see from this… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“The tattoo is just setting below his hp bone. H e l l i s e m p t y a n… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
People can think whatever they like. I don't desire their validation. — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Hate that Warner is probably right, that profanity is probably a failure of the mind, that only idiots need to rely on… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Warner leans back, just a little. “Tell me what you want,” he says desperately. “Tell me what to do,” he says, “and… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“You’re perfect,” I tell him, so overcome I forget myself. “All of you. Your entire body. Proportionally. Symmetrically. You’re absurdly, mathematically perfect.… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“─Jamás he clamado vivir mi vida bajo ninguna serie de principios ─Warner me dice. ─Nunca he clamado ser correcto, o bueno, o… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Slowly, Aaron looks up at me. His face is blank even as he says, "April twenty-fourth." "April twenty-fourth," I say, smiling. "That's… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I can't help but be amazed at the power such small, unassuming animals wield over us; they so easily break down our… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“It's not charity," I snap. "He cares about me--and I care about him!" Warner nods, unimpressed. "You should get a dog, love.… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“And if you insist on continuing to make assumptions about my character, I’ll advise you only this: assume you will always be… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“So I take a deep breath. Step forward. Let go. 10 seconds and I'm trying to breathe 9 And I'm trying to… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“So she told me a story. A story about a boy who was born with very green eyes, and the man who… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Stop. Stop time. Stop the world. Stop everything for the moment he crosses the room and pulls me into his arms and… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“She searches me with those odd, blue-green eyes and I feel guilty so suddenly, without understanding why. But there’s something about the… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Do you never get exhausted being so wholly unbearable? You have as much charisma as the rotting innards of unidentified roadkill.” — Tahereh Mafi 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 Copy Share Image
His hands are holding my cheeks, and he pulls back just to look me in the eye and his chest is heaving and he… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I didn't want the clothes or the perfect shoes or the expensive anything. I didn't want to be draped in silk. All I ever… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“He's too much. Everything about him is too much. His emotions, his actions, his anger, his aggression. His love.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Right now I can't even control my own imagination as it grips my hair and drags me into the dark” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I want you, I want all of you. I want you inside and out and catching your breath and aching for me like I… — Tahereh Mafi 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 the ground.… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart. — Tahereh Mafi 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 killed one… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image