“You should know— you, have to know, that I have never wanted anything like I've wanted you. Nothing. You have no idea,… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“These letters are all I have left. 26 friends to tell my stories to. 26 letters are all I need. I can… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“It’s a heavy, unbelievable kiss. It’s the kind of kiss that inspires stars to climb into the sky and light up the… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Do you deny these accusations, soldier?” Fletcher’s nostrils flare. His jaw tenses. His voice cracks when he speaks. “No, sir.” Warner” — Tahereh Mafi 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
“He's wrong he's so he's so wrong he's more wrong than an upside-down rainbow.” — Tahereh Mafi Rainbow Copy Share Image
“You can go to hell," Adam shouts at Warner. "Just because I'm going to hell," Warner says, "doesn't mean you'll ever deserve… — Tahereh Mafi 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 think I must be smiling at him because he's smiling at me, but he's smiling like he might be petrified; he's… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I don't know where we're going, he and I, but I know I want to get there. We are hours and minutes… — Tahereh Mafi Holding hands Copy Share Image
“Something snaps. I hear a gasp. I spin around. I jump up, alert, searching for the sound. It seemed close by. Someone… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Do you know,” he says, closing the cover of the journal only to lay his hand on top of it. Protecting it.… — Tahereh Mafi Aaron-warner-anderson Copy Share Image
“I hate the lackadaisical ennui of a sun too preoccupied with itself to notice the infinite hours we spend in its presence.” — Tahereh Mafi Sun Copy Share Image
I love walking into a bookstore. It's like all my friends are sitting on shelves, waving their pages at me. — Tahereh Mafi Bookstores Copy Share Image
“All I had to do was open a book - to see the stories bleeding from page to page. To see the… — Tahereh Mafi Books Copy Share Image
“I’m happy to have her close even if it hurts, even if it doesn’t make any sense.” — Tahereh Mafi Destroy-me Copy Share Image
“I take a deep breath and tiptoe to the window only to press my nose against the cool surface. Feel my breath… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Words are like seeds, I think, planted into our hearts at a tender age. They take root in us as we grow,… — Tahereh Mafi Language Copy Share Image
“watched a father slap his 8-year-old son in the face. I watched Adam fall to the floor and” — Tahereh Mafi Father Copy Share Image