“He leaves less than a foot of space between us and I'm 10 inches away from spontaneous combustion.” — 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
“He won’t stop staring. “What?” I ask. “How much do you weigh?” “Wow. Is that how you talk to every girl you… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“We’re all too young to have to deal with this shit.” Kenji is breathing hard. “Don’t fool yourself, bro. No one should… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Warner was supposed to be dead. Warner was supposed to be dead because I was supposed to have shot him but no… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Damn,” Kenji says after a moment. “Damn damn damn. This shit is bananas” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“You allow the world to think you're a heartless murderer," I tell him. "And you're not." He laughs, once; his eyebrows lifting… — 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
“I love you, ” he says , his words harsh and soft all at once. “ I love you and it isn’t… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“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… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Juliette ? ” A tentative voice . “ Are you okay? ” I lower the pillow . Blink up . Warner is… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“And I do. I do wonder, I think about it all the time. What it would be like to kill myself. Because… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“There was something about my face,she said, that she couldn't stand. Something about my eyes, the way I looked at her, the… — 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 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
“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
“This notebook might be all I have left of her. My hand is still hovering over the cover, tempting me to open… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Juliette, love,” he says to me, still holding my eyes. “You have just started a war.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I want to be the friend you fall hopelessly in love with. The one you take into your arms and into your… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Ah, Ms. Ferrars. I don't know what you hope to accomplish by sitting in the corner.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I sigh. "I don't know what's happening to me." "They're called hormones." I shoot him a dirty look. "I'm serious." "Me too."… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I’m not an idiot, Kenji. I have reasons for the things I say.” “Yeah, and maybe I’m just saying that you have… — Tahereh Mafi 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 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
