“I would rather be dead, than go back to being silent and suffocated.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Your eyes are so deep. So calm. I want to know what you're thinking.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I turn to the glass wall keeping me from the other half of my heart. Press my head against the cool surface.… — 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
“I dare to hope Adam is trying to reach out to me. I’m crazy enough to consider the possibility.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“How strange that we can go from friends to inseparable to hateful then casual all in one lifetime.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“It's incredible how someone can look so right and feel so wrong. Kent is a lucky bastard.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“ Can you hear my heart? I want to ask him. I want you to make a list of all your favorite… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“We're too different now. We want different things. And this?" I say nodding at our hands. "All this managed to prove is… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“We've been shattered and reconstructed, told to make an effort every single day to pretend we still function the way we're supposed… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“All I know next are his arms, the desperate edge to his voice when he says my name, and I'm unraveling in… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“You know, I can sort of control it now," I tell him, beaming. "I can moderate my strength levels." "Good for you.… — 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
“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 Copy Share Image
“I hate that I let myself be so passive my whole life, and I see now how differently things could've been if… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I can well imagine the extent of his relationship with my father,' Warner says, shaking his head. 'And that he has managed… — 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
“I count everything. Even numbers, odd numbers, multiples of 10. I count the ticks of the clock i count the tocks of… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“But the thought of laying a hand on someone brings back a world of memories, feelings, a flush of power I experience… — 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
“...and I know I'm about to die. I know it's over and it doesn't feel real, somehow, it feels like this is… — 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
“In the pain, I imagine bliss. My thoughts are like wind, rushing, curling into the depths of myself, expelling, dispelling darkness. I… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“But he grins, so brilliantly, not even paying attention. “I love it when you say my name,” he says. “I don’t even… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“We're running out of time, he said. As if time were the kind of thing you could run out of, as if… — 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
“I am going to MURDER YOU—” “No,” he says, pointing at me as he shifts backward again. “Bad Juliette. You don’t like… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“The small hand of a clock taps me at one and two, three and four, whispering hello, get up, stand up, it's… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I never even tried. Because I let the world teach me to hate myself. I was a coward who needed someone else… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I lived in a really dark place. I wasn't safe in my own mind. I woke up every morning hoping to die… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Never forget,” I say, quietly now, “that if I wanted your job, I could have it. And never forget that the man… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Can you, like, see invisible people, too?" "No," Warner says to him, eyes focused in front of him. "I can feel your… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“He and I would end up like water going nowhere. Water that never moves-- It's fine for a little while. You can… — 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
“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
“I'm not falling for Warner," I say quietly. "Sure you aren't." "I'm not," I insist. "I'm just-- I don't know." I sigh.… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
