“I don't know what I was expecting. Maybe I thought I'd catch him trying to break a hole in the wall or… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I watch him walk away with the only family he has left and I know why Adam joined the army. I know… — Tahereh Mafi Adam 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 Bad dream Copy Share Image
“am not insane. I am not insane. I am not insane. I am not insane. I am not insane. I am not… — Tahereh Mafi Insane Copy Share Image
“There is still a chance to change things. We can provide fresh drinking water to all people. We can make sure crops… — Tahereh Mafi Change things Copy Share Image
“I love you.” He breaks. His voice. His back. His knees. His face. He breaks.” — Tahereh Mafi Breaks Copy Share Image
“I think wow, I imagine this is what it's like to have friends.” — Tahereh Mafi Friend Copy Share Image
“My life is four walls of missed opportunities poured in concrete molds.” — Tahereh Mafi Life Copy Share Image
“The sun had folded itself away and the moon was in no hurry to replace it.” — Tahereh Mafi Folded Copy Share Image
“I've loved you forever," I tell him. The sun rises, rests, shines in his face and he almost smiles, almost can't meet… — Tahereh Mafi Meet Eyes Copy Share Image
“I want a pocketful of punctuation marks to end the thoughts he's forced into my head.” — Tahereh Mafi Punctuation Copy Share Image
“It's only when he finds my face that he meets my gaze; I step into the sea of blue in his eyes,… — Tahereh Mafi Blue eyes Copy Share Image
“He pulls me close, too close. I’m frozen in five hundred layers of fear. Stunned in grief, in disbelief.” — Tahereh Mafi Fear Copy Share Image
“I am a being compromised of letters, a character created by sentences, a figment of imagination formed through fiction.” — Tahereh Mafi Character Created Copy Share Image
“Laughter comes from living." I shrug, try to sound indifferent. "I've never really been alive before.” — Tahereh Mafi Comedy Copy Share Image
“I'm not interested in waiting around and risking the who-knows and the what-ifs and the huge regrets. I want to feel all… — Tahereh Mafi Feel Copy Share Image
“You can't touch me," I whisper. I'm lying, is what I don't tell him. He can touch me, is what I'll never… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Because I was an idiot for thinking things could be different. For thinking you were a fluke. For thinking my life could… — Tahereh Mafi Life Copy Share Image
“Words, I think, are such unpredictable creatures. No gun, no sword, no army or king will ever be more powerful than a… — Tahereh Mafi Adam Copy Share Image
“I spent my life folded between the pages of books.In the absence of human relationships I formed bonds with paper characters. I… — Tahereh Mafi Book Copy Share Image
“Okay then. Let’s go get our girl back." "My girl," I correct him. "She’s my girl." Kenji snorts as we head in… — Tahereh Mafi Adam Copy Share Image
“26 letters are all I need. I can stitch them together to create oceans and ecosystems. I can fit them together to… — Tahereh Mafi 26 Letters 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 Juliette-ferrars Copy Share Image
“So that's it?" Kenji says. "You just like him for his personality, huh?" "What?" "All of this," Kenji says, waving a hand… — Tahereh Mafi Funny Copy Share Image
“Stop. Stop time. Stop the world. Stop everything for the moment he crosses the room and pulls me into his arms and… — Tahereh Mafi Aaron-warner Copy Share Image
“She searches me with those odd, blue-green eyes and I feel guilty so suddenly, without understanding why. But there’s something about the… — Tahereh Mafi Aaron-warner Copy Share Image
“It’s okay to kill a man if someone else deems him unfit to live. What I really want to say is who… — Tahereh Mafi Life 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 Every day Copy Share Image
“And that was it. There was nothing we could do. We just had to stand there, watching as they dropped bombs on… — Tahereh Mafi Every day Copy Share Image
“I remember it so well. Dying. It was the most painful thing I've ever experienced. I couldn't scream because my lungs were… — Tahereh Mafi Brave Copy Share Image
“He’s on his knees. I bite back the moan caught in my throat just before he lifts me up and carries me… — Tahereh Mafi Dream Copy Share Image
“Is this really happening?" I hear him whisper. "What?" I blink, try to stay awake. "You feel so real," he says. "You… — Tahereh Mafi First time Copy Share Image
