“No gun, no sword, no army or king will ever be more powerful than a sentence.” — Tahereh Mafi Sentence Copy Share Image
“I allowed myself to believe she’d seen a future for us; that she wanted to be with me and simply thought it… — Tahereh Mafi Destroy-me Copy Share Image
“I put socks on first; a simple pleasure that requires more effort than shooting a man.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Heat rushes up my neck and I fall off a ladder holding a paintbrush dipped in red.” — Tahereh Mafi Heat Rushes Copy Share Image
“Kenji is a walking paradox of Unflinchingly Serious Person and 12-Year-Old Boy Going Through Puberty all rolled into one.” — Tahereh Mafi Kenji Copy Share Image
“I wish I could put his words in my pocket just to touch them once in a while and remind myself that… — Tahereh Mafi Touch Remind Copy Share Image
“The drawers in my mind are rattling to break open. Memories. Theories. Whispers and sensations. I shove them off a cliff.” — Tahereh Mafi Memory Copy Share Image
“I am no longer afraid of fear, and I will not let it rule me. Fear will learn to fear me.” — Tahereh Mafi Fear Copy Share Image
“Sticks and stones keep breaking my bones but these words, these words will kill me.” — Tahereh Mafi Sticks and stones Copy Share Image
“Warner drops his hand. His glassy green eyes are so delighted I'm petrified. "God, I've missed you," he says to me. "You… — Tahereh Mafi Chapter-39 Copy Share Image
“He's dangerous, electric, impossible to contain. His body is rippling with an energy so extraordinary that even when he's calmed down it's… — Tahereh Mafi Dangerous Copy Share Image
“He looks at me with so much emotion I nearly crack in half. "God, Juliette--" And he's kissing me. Once, twice, until… — Tahereh Mafi Adam Copy Share Image
“I want to scream, sometimes, I want to collapse, sometimes, I want to die knowing that I've known what it was like… — Tahereh Mafi Feel Copy Share Image
“People are so preoccupied with making sense despite it being the most uninteresting thing to manufacture.” He shook his head. “Making magic,”… — Tahereh Mafi Magic Copy Share Image
“We've been shattered and reconstructed, told to make an effort every single day to pretend we still function the way we're supposed… — Tahereh Mafi Every single day Copy Share Image
“Hope is hugging me, holding me in its arms, wiping away my tears and telling me that today and tomorrow and two… — Tahereh Mafi Delirious Copy Share Image
“I’m not,” I insist. “I’m just—I don’t know.” I sigh. “I don’t know what’s happening to me.” “They’re called hormones.” I shoot… — Tahereh Mafi Kenji-and-juliette Copy Share Image
“I count everything. Even numbers, odd numbers, multiples of 10. I count the ticks of the clock i count the tocks of… — Tahereh Mafi Adam-kent 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.… — Tahereh Mafi Absence Copy Share Image
“Because some people are so stupid to believe there are thick neon lines separating good and evil. That it's easy to make… — Tahereh Mafi Clear conscience Copy Share Image
“He’s kissing me like the world is rolling right off a cliff, like he’s trying to hang on and he’s decided to… — Tahereh Mafi First time Copy Share Image
“He looks immaculate. Flawless, especially as he stands here among the dirt and destruction, surrounded by the bleakest colors this landscape has… — Tahereh Mafi Adam Copy Share Image
“But the thought of laying a hand on someone brings back a world of memories, feelings, a flush of power I experience… — Tahereh Mafi Feelings Copy Share Image
“And even if the world hates me, even if they never stop hating me, I will never avenge myself on an innocent… — Tahereh Mafi Hating Copy Share Image
“I want to be the friend you fall hopelessly in love with. The one you take into your arms and into your… — Tahereh Mafi Friend Copy Share Image
