“He won’t stop staring. “What?” I ask. “How much do you weigh?” “Wow. Is that how you talk to every girl you… — Tahereh Mafi Juliette Copy Share Image
“Are you out of your goddamn mind? You think we can take on two hundred soldiers? I know I am an extremely… — Tahereh Mafi Attractive man Copy Share Image
“I like when he tells me that he likes the way I feel because it goes against what I've heard my entire… — Tahereh Mafi Entire life Copy Share Image
“Hang tight Hold on Look up Stay strong Hang on Hold tight Look strong Stay up One day I might break One… — Tahereh Mafi Poem 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 Copy Share Image
“We're here, and it's nighttime. So according to my calculations, we must not have done anything stupid.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Oh right," he says. "Because that makes sense. Because tossing a grown-ass man over your shoulders is just so freaking easy. That… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Who's Bruce Lee?" Kenji asks, horrified. "Oh my God. We can't even be friends anymore.” — Tahereh Mafi Friendship Copy Share Image
“I will be alive in ten years, and I’m going to be happy. I’m going to be strong. And I don’t need… — Tahereh Mafi Ten years Copy Share Image
“I don’t understand—why won’t you talk to me? You sit in the corner all day and write in your book and look… — Tahereh Mafi Adam Copy Share Image
“Flames are licking at my skin and there’s a burst of heat clawing through my stomach. Every inch of his body is… — Tahereh Mafi Darkness Copy Share Image
“Three forty-five-pound plates on each side of what Kenji told me is an Olympic bar, which weighs an additional forty-five pounds. I… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Warner has collapsed in the corner. He's curled into himself, kness pulled up to his chest. arms wrapped around his legs, his… — Tahereh Mafi Aaron-warner Copy Share Image
“Killing time isn't as difficult as it sounds. I can shoot a hundred numbers through the chest and watch them bleed decimal… — Tahereh Mafi Time Copy Share Image
“We’re all too young to have to deal with this shit.” Kenji is breathing hard. “Don’t fool yourself, bro. No one should… — Tahereh Mafi Juliette 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 Juliette Copy Share Image
“That's how I knew, for example, that Private Seamus Fletcher, 45B-76423, was beating his wife and children every night.” — Tahereh Mafi Children Copy Share Image
“I saw the world and its lack of compassion, its harsh, grating judgment, and its cold, resentful eyes.” — Tahereh Mafi Compassion Copy Share Image
“What?” I cut him off. “That’s not true—I do take this seriously—” “Bullshit.” He laughs a short, sharp, angry laugh. “All you… — Tahereh Mafi Kenji Copy Share Image
“They think I’m a doll they can dress up and twist into prostration. But” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
