“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 Destroy-me 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 Adam Copy Share Image
“Juliette, please, tell me what I'm supposed to do. How am I supposed to feel? It's one shitty thing right after another… — Tahereh Mafi Feel Copy Share Image
“You are kind of a pet project of mine.” Warner smiles to himself. “I’ve studied your records for a very long time.”… — Tahereh Mafi Long time 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 Destroy-me 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 Dark place Copy Share Image
“Water that never moves." I say to him. "Its fine for a little while. You can drink from it and it'll sustain… — Tahereh Mafi Drink Copy Share Image
“Alice couldn’t explain why, exactly, but she knew now that things had changed between them. Oliver had become her friend in an… — Tahereh Mafi Friendship Copy Share Image
“He never talked to me. He never spoke a single word to me, but he was the only one who dared to… — Tahereh Mafi Fought Copy Share Image
“Get your hand off of her before I bury a bullet in your head" Warner's eyes close very slowly. He steps away… — Tahereh Mafi Gaze Copy Share Image
“I never thought it would get this bad. I never thought the Reestablishment would take things so far. They're incinerating culture, the… — Tahereh Mafi Beauty Copy Share Image
“Please," he says. "I'm begging you to stop." I still. "I can't stomach your pain," he says. "I can feel it so… — Tahereh Mafi Hurt Copy Share Image
“She shuts the door behind her. She’s walking over to me. My heart is beating quickly now, and it doesn’t feel natural.… — Tahereh Mafi Every day Copy Share Image
“I want you to live up to your potential!" "Let me go," I say quietly. I don't want to be your creature.… — Tahereh Mafi Belong Copy Share Image
“Juliette" I inhale too quickly. A stifled cough is balloning in my throat. His glassy green eyes glint in my direction. "Are… — Tahereh Mafi Eaten Copy Share Image
“I’m not an idiot, Kenji. I have reasons for the things I say.” “Yeah, and maybe I’m just saying that you have… — Tahereh Mafi Humor Copy Share Image
“Every vertebra, every knuckle, both kneecaps, both hips. I am a pile of bones on the floor and no one knows it… — Tahereh Mafi Bones Copy Share Image
“Because the more I discover about him, the fewer excuses I have to push him away. He's unraveling before me, becoming something… — Tahereh Mafi Terrifying Copy Share Image
“But I'm shocked by the tenderness in his voice. The sincerity with which he wants to know. He's like a feral dog,… — Tahereh Mafi Love 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 Juliette-ferrars 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 Invisible Copy Share Image
“I've tried so hard to stop thinking about him. I've tried so hard to forget his face. I've tried so hard to… — Tahereh Mafi Adam Copy Share Image
“loneliness is an old friend standing beside you in the mirror, looking you in the eye, challenging you to live your life… — Tahereh Mafi Friendship 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 Ignite-me 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 Aaron-warner 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 Aaron-warner Copy Share Image
“We can hide in a cupboard under the stairs our whole life and it'll still find us. Death will show up wearing… — Tahereh Mafi Cloak Copy Share Image
“Hate looks just like everybody else until it smiles. Until it spins around and lies with lips and teeth carved into the… — Tahereh Mafi Disguise Copy Share Image
“You're going to get better," I promise him. "And when you do, I'm going to show you exactly what choice I've made.… — 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 Aaron-warner Copy Share Image
“Juliette," he says, and he mouths the name, barely speaking at all, and he's pouring molten lava into my limbs and I… — Tahereh Mafi Death Copy Share Image
“I want to study the secrets tucked between his elbows and the whispers caught behind his knees. I want to follow the… — Tahereh Mafi Gaze Copy Share Image
“I've always know who should be leading this resistance. Someone who's got nothing left to lose and everything to gain. Someone no… — Tahereh Mafi Leading Copy Share Image
“He's still looking at me, searching my eyes like he's found something he can't bear to walk away from. His hands move… — Tahereh Mafi Whispers Copy Share Image
“All I know is that it’ll never be safe for me to rely on someone else again, to need constant reassurance of… — Tahereh Mafi Depend Copy Share Image
“I think there's something about the impermanence of life these days that makes it necessary to etch ink into our skin" he… — Tahereh Mafi Life Copy Share Image
“Your suit looks just like mine.” Kenji frowns. “I’m supposed to be the one with the black suit. Why can’t you have… — Tahereh Mafi Suit Copy Share Image
“My eyes are filling fast with tears and I blink and blink but the world is a mess and I want to… — Tahereh Mafi Tears 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 Aaron-warner-anderson Copy Share Image
“We are fed lies because believing them makes us weak, vulnerable, malleable. We depend on others for our food, health, sustenance. This… — Tahereh Mafi Health Copy Share Image
