“He takes my hand. Intertwines our fingers. Offers me a smile that manages to kiss my heart.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I touch the tip of my finger to his lips. "There are secrets in here," I say. "I want them out." He… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Warner drops his hand. His glassy green eyes are so delighted I'm petrified. "God, I've missed you," he says to me. "You… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“He looks at me with so much emotion I nearly crack in half. "God, Juliette--" And he's kissing me. Once, twice, until… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“His lips are so close to my ear I'm water and nothing and everything and melting into a wanting so desperate it… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“She didn't know how to describe this feeling, this breathless languor. No one had ever looked at her the way he did,… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“You're going to get better," I promise him. "And when you do, I'm going to show you exactly what choice I've made.… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I want to study the secrets tucked between his elbows and the whispers caught behind his knees. I want to follow the… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“He whispers, "You have no idea how much I've thought about you. How many times I've dreamt"-he takes a tight breath- "how… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Juliette!" His voice is tighter, higher, laced with anger and terror and denial and betrayal. Realization is a new piece in his… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“So that's it?" Kenji says. "You just like him for his personality, huh?" "What?" "All of this," Kenji says, waving a hand… — Tahereh Mafi 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 Copy Share Image
“I place my hands on his chest. He presses me into the curve of his body. Tilts my chin up to meet… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I pull him closer, grab a fistful of his jacket and kiss him as hard as I can, my fingers already attempting… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Juliette" I inhale too quickly. A stifled cough is balloning in my throat. His glassy green eyes glint in my direction. "Are… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“His lips come too close. "But I love you." "No you don't." His eyes close. He leans his forehead against mine. "You… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“He’s on his knees. I bite back the moan caught in my throat just before he lifts me up and carries me… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“And your girl,” he says, cocking his head at me. “Your Juliette?” I flinch at the sound of her name. My pulse… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I do so much with these lips, I think. I taste and touch and kiss and I’ve pressed them to the tender… — 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 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
“Why are you being nice to me?" The suprise on his face suprises me even more. "Because I care about you." he… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Get your hand off of her before I bury a bullet in your head" Warner's eyes close very slowly. He steps away… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I love you," I whisper. "I love you exactly as you are." Warner is looking at me like he might be going… — 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 Copy Share Image
“Are you kidding?” I stop in the middle of the kitchen. Spin around. My face is pulled together in disbelief. “You’ve spoken… — Tahereh Mafi 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 Copy Share Image
“Okay then. Let’s go get our girl back." "My girl," I correct him. "She’s my girl." Kenji snorts as we head in… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“He sees what he does to me, what happens to me when his fingers graze my skin, when his lips get too… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“He’s kissing me like the world is rolling right off a cliff, like he’s trying to hang on and he’s decided to… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Juliette," he says. He touches my hand so gently it startles me. "Did you notice? it seems I am immune to your… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I want so many things,” he whispers. “I want your mind. Your strength. I want to be worth your time.” His fingers… — 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
