“... shit happens. We deal with it, and we find a way to survive. You're not the only one with the problems.” — Tahereh Mafi Happens Copy Share Image
“His smile is laced with dynamite. "Go to sleep" "Go to hell." He works his jaw. Walks to the door. "I'm working… — Tahereh Mafi Dynamite Copy Share Image
“My eyes are filling fast with tears and I blink and blink. Our eyes blur the truth when we can't bear to… — Tahereh Mafi Truth Copy Share Image
“Brothers who hate each other. Brother who want to kill each other. And I'm caught in the middle. Good God, what has… — Tahereh Mafi Brotherhood Copy Share Image
“Do you never get exhausted being so wholly unbearable? You have as much charisma as the rotting innards of unidentified roadkill.” — Tahereh Mafi Aaron-warner Copy Share Image
“Kenji tugs on my hair. "Ow—" I jerk back, scowling. "What's wrong with you?" "You've been hit extra hard with the stupid… — Tahereh Mafi Scowling Copy Share Image
“Good for you. I’ll buy you a balloon the minute the world stops shitting on itself.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I will be unapologetic. I will live with no regrets. I will reach into the earth and rip out the injustice and… — Tahereh Mafi Justice Copy Share Image
“I'd appreciate if you'd grow the hell up and stop walking around like the world crapped on your only roll of toilet… — Tahereh Mafi Kenji Copy Share Image
“Because when I said I wanted to touch the moon you took my hand, held me close, and taught me how to… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I know exactly what my future looks like and I'm okay with it. I'm happy to live in solitude. I'm not afraid… — Tahereh Mafi Future Copy Share Image
“i'm always apologizing. forever apologizing. for who i am and what i never meant to be and for this body i was… — Tahereh Mafi Apologizing Copy Share Image
Hope. It's like a drop of honey, a field of tulips blooming in the springtime. It's a fresh rain, a whispered promise,… — Tahereh Mafi Blooming Copy Share Image
“I want you to be happy," I tell him, my eyes searching his. 'I want you to have a family. I want… — Tahereh Mafi Deserve 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
“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
“When are you putting me down?" he counters, no longer amused. "I mean, I've got an excellent view of your ass from… — Tahereh Mafi Ignite-me Copy Share Image
“Kenji snorts.“That’s because you’re not fragile,” Kenji says. “If anything, everyone needs to protect themselves from you. You’re like a freaking beast,”… — Tahereh Mafi Friends 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
“But time is beyond our finite comprehension. It’s endless, it exists outside of us; we cannot run out of it or lose… — Tahereh Mafi Clock Copy Share Image
“And I asked the world to open up, I said, world, please open up, because I'd love to fall into a river… — Tahereh Mafi Said World Copy Share Image
