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Time Quotes by Tahereh Mafi

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A line describes a hand holding cheeks while a heart feels about to explode, showing how love can make time feel intense. Another quote compares killing time to shooting numbers that bleed decimal points, turning a mundane task into a vivid metaphor. A final thought claims that no gun or army can beat a sentence, because words can stab and stay forever.

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I want your mind. Your strength. I want to be worth your time.

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Time goes on even when we do not.

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“And all this time, Kenji was working undercover.”

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The words get easier the moment you stop fearing them.

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“Laughter was a ilk that would soften even the roughest moments.”

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“For a moment I want to believe him. For a moment I want to sit on the floor and cry out the…

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“And I understand, for the first time, that I have the power to destroy everything.”

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“His eyes are a midnight moment filled with memories, the only windows into my world.”

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“I allowed myself to believe she’d seen a future for us; that she wanted to be with me and simply thought it…

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“Damn,” Kenji says after a moment. “Damn damn damn. This shit is bananas”

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“Laughter was a silk that would soften even the roughest moments.”

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“We're drenched in water and beauty and the exhilaration of a moment I never knew was possible.”

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“I’ll be back to shave your head while you’re sleeping.” Kenji looks genuinely terrified for the first time. “You wouldn’t.”

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“You pretend that a piece of yourself doesn't exist. You live like that for a long time. For a long time, you're…

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“Stop. Stop time. Stop the world. Stop everything for the moment he crosses the room and pulls me into his arms and…

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“Look at me, is what I wanted to say to you. Talk to me every once in a while. Find me a…

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“My opinions,” I say to him, quietly this time, “should not so easily break your own. Stand by your convictions. Form clear…

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“Killing time isn't as difficult as it sounds. I can shoot a hundred numbers through the chest and watch them bleed decimal…

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“Oh, so now you’re abusing the crippled kid, huh?” Kenji takes a moment to steady himself before punching Adam in the arm.…

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“But time is beyond our finite comprehension. It’s endless, it exists outside of us; we cannot run out of it or lose…

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“Sir, can you hear me?" Another cry. But this time, a voice I don't detest. "Sire, please, can you hear me-" "I've…

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“Killing time isn't as difficult as it sounds. I can shoot a hundred numbers through the chest and watch them bleed decimal…

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“Everything has changed. Because one upon a time I was just a child. Today I'm still a child, but this time I've…

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“There’s a strange kind of freedom in the dark; a terrifying vulnerability we allow ourselves at exactly the wrong moment, tricked by…

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“One day Adam will realize that what he felt for me was just a crazy kind of desperation. We were two people…

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“It’s like that one time you woke up and tripped down a rabbit hole and a blond girl in a blue dress…

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“Everything is on fire. My cheeks my hands the pit of my stomach and I'm drowing in waves of emotion and a…

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“My legs feel full of sand and stapled together, my mind overflowing with grains of indecision, choices unmade and impatient as time…

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“I tried so hard to fix what I'd ruined. I tried every single day to be what they wanted. I tried all…

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“Because sometimes you see yourself—you see yourself the way you could be—the way you might be if things were different. And if…

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“Just a moment. Just 1 second, just 1 more minute, just give me another hour or maybe the weekend to think it…

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“And I do. I do wonder, I think about it all the time. What it would be like to kill myself. Because…

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“I love you," I whisper. "I love you exactly as you are." Warner is looking at me like he might be going…

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“His chest, heaving harder this time. His words, almost gasping this time. “You destroy me.” I am falling to pieces in his…

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“I want so many things,” he whispers. “I want your mind. Your strength. I want to be worth your time.” His fingers…

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“We're running out of time, he said. As if time were the kind of thing you could run out of, as if…

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“It's like spending 6 months just trying to inhale. It's like forgetting how to move your muscles and reliving every nauseous moment…

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“Find me a cure for these tears, I'd really like to exhale for the first time in my life.”

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“I remember you every day forever in every single broken moment of my life.”

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“And every moment in the world drops dead just then, because they woke up and realized they'd never be as important as…

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His hands are holding my cheeks, and he pulls back just to look me in the eye and his chest is heaving and he…

“think Adam is looking to break Kenji’s neck at this point.”

“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…

“infinite points of feeling for every nerve ending in my body”

“He's too much. Everything about him is too much. His emotions, his actions, his anger, his aggression. His love.”

“Right now I can't even control my own imagination as it grips my hair and drags me into the dark”

“I want you, I want all of you. I want you inside and out and catching your breath and aching for me like I…

“I will give no one the satisfaction of my death.”

“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.…

All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.

“It's the kind of kiss that makes you realize oxygen is overrated.”

“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…

“I used to have a family. He”

“I've never been able to follow through.”

“ground where it smells like ice and metal and dirt.”