“One day Adam will realize that what he felt for me was just a crazy kind of desperation. We were two people… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Look at me, is what I wanted to say. Talk to me every once in awhile. Find me a cure for these… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Killing time isn't as difficult as it sounds. I can shoot a hundred numbers through the chest and watch them bleed decimal… — 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
“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
“Just a moment. Just 1 second, just 1 more minute, just give me another hour or maybe the weekend to think it… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Oh, so now you’re abusing the crippled kid, huh?” Kenji takes a moment to steady himself before punching Adam in the arm.… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“His eyes are a midnight moment filled with memories, the only windows into my world.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I tried so hard to fix what I'd ruined. I tried every single day to be what they wanted. I tried all… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Because I want her. Now. Here. Everywhere. I want nothing between us. I want her clothes off and the lights on and… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I bite back a shiver as the blood rushes up to blush my cheeks and for a moment, just for this moment,… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“You broke up with me. You gave up on us - on our entire future together. You basically reached in and ripped… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Things are changing, but this time I'm not afraid. This time I know who I am. This time I've made the right… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“My legs feel full of sand and stapled together, my mind overflowing with grains of indecision, choices unmade and impatient as time… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“There’s a strange kind of freedom in the dark; a terrifying vulnerability we allow ourselves at exactly the wrong moment, tricked by… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Because sometimes you see yourself—you see yourself the way you could be—the way you might be if things were different. And if… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“We're drenched in water and beauty and the exhilaration of a moment I never knew was possible.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I don't know where we're going, he and I, but I know I want to get there. We are hours and minutes… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I wonder at my incapacity for easy banter, smooth conversation, empty words to fill awkward moments. I don't have a closet filled… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I tried so hard to fix what I'd ruined. I tried every single day to be what they wanted. I tried all… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Look at me, is what I wanted to say to you. Talk to me every once in a while. Find me a… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“For a moment I feel as though I exist outside of my body, as if I'm looking at myself from his perspective.… — 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
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
