“maybe warner was right all along, maybe he and i were perfect for each other.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I loved making you mad," he says to me, his eyes wicked. "I love making you mad.” — 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
“I’m happy to have her close even if it hurts, even if it doesn’t make any sense.” — 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
“My opinions,” I say to him, quietly this time, “should not so easily break your own. Stand by your convictions. Form clear… — 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
“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
“Warner drops his hand. His glassy green eyes are so delighted I'm petrified. "God, I've missed you," he says to me. "You… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“One day," I say to him, "you'll realize that Warner is not as crazy as you think he is." "Yeah." Kenji says.… — 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
“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
“And if you insist on continuing to make assumptions about my character, I’ll advise you only this: assume you will always be… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I love you." He breaks. His voice. His back. His knees. His face. He breaks. He has to hold on to the… — 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
“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
“Warner’s head is on my lap. His face is smooth and calm and peaceful in a way I've never seen it and… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I’ve fallen for her…So hard. I’ve hit the ground. Gone right through it. Never in my life have if felt this. Nothing… — 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
“The life I know now is the only one that matters. The suffocation, the luxury, the sleepless nights, and the dead bodies.… — 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
“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
“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
“I hear Warner laugh. I see him smile. It's the kind of smile that transforms him into someone else entirely, the kind… — 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 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
“And he leans in, so carefully. Breathing and not breathing and hearts beating between us and he’s so close, he’s so close… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“And I've fallen. So hard. I've hit the ground. Gone right through it. Never in my life have I felt this. Nothing… — 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
“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
“He's too much. Everything about him is too much. His emotions, his actions, his anger, his aggression. His love.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share
“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
“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
“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
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
“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
