“I’m happy to have her close even if it hurts, even if it doesn’t make any sense.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I do know that I don't want to wake him. We were up very late last night.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“maybe warner was right all along, maybe he and i were perfect for each other.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Warner nods. Takes a short breath. Licks his lips. And shoots him in the forehead.” — 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 allowed myself to believe she’d seen a future for us; that she wanted to be with me and simply thought it… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“If it were nothing but sexual attraction I’m sure I would not suffer such unbearable humiliation. But I wanted so much more… — 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
“Warner. A white bird with streaks of gold like a crown atop its head. A fair - skinned boy with gold hair,… — 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
“He's looking at the wall and at the floor and at the bedsheets and at the way his knuckles look when he… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“He doesn't even care about you!" Warner explodes. I flinch at the sudden, uncontrolled intensity in his voice. "He just wants a… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“So the two of you"-Ian tries to find his voice- "I mean, together-- you two could basically--" "Take over the world?" Warner… — 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
“I'm not trying to fix you; I don't think you need to be fixed. I'm not trying to turn you into someone… — 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
“Don't do that," he says. "Don't ask me questions you already know the answers to. Twice I've laid myself bare to you… — 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
“There are three things you should know about me, love." He steps forward. "The first," he says, "is that I hate my… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“What difference does it make?" he says. "People can think whatever they like. I don't desire their validation." "So you don't mind,"… — 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
“Friendship is not a thing I have ever experienced. Not as a child, and not as I am now. Except. One month… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I have never claimed to live by any set of principles," Warner says to me. "I've never claimed to be right, or… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I have an extremely low threshold for disorder; it offends my very being.” — 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
“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
“Sir, can you hear me?" Another cry. But this time, a voice I don't detest. "Sire, please, can you hear me-" "I've… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“That traitorous bastard. The idiot who thinks he's won himself a pretty girl. He has no idea who she is. No idea… — 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
