“More people have died at the end of a loaded gun than from an empty stomach.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“The human imagination is often disastrous when left to its own devices.” — Tahereh Mafi Creativity Copy Share Image
“He won’t stop looking at me. Smiling at me. Torturing me with his eyes. This” — Tahereh Mafi Smiling 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 don't remember what it means to breathe. I never, ever knew what it meant to feel.” — Tahereh Mafi 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 Hell Copy Share Image
“Who's Bruce Lee?" Kenji asks, horrified. "Oh my God. We can't even be friends anymore.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“His eyes are a midnight moment filled with memories, the only windows into my world.” — Tahereh Mafi Beautiful writing Copy Share Image
“Love had made her fearless, and wasn’t it strange? It was so much easier to fight for another than it was to… — Tahereh Mafi Courage Copy Share Image
“...I've tripped over a planet and I don't know anything anymore, I don't know anything because nothing will ever be able to… — Tahereh Mafi Gardening Copy Share Image
“Hate looks like everybody else until it smiles. Until it spins around and lies with lips and teeth carved into semblance of… — Tahereh Mafi Depth Copy Share Image
“I didn't want the clothes or the perfect shoes or the expensive anything. I didn't want to be draped in silk. All… — Tahereh Mafi Heart Copy Share Image
“The life I know now is the only one that matters. The suffocation, the luxury, the sleepless nights, and the dead bodies.… — 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
“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
“Because I was an idiot for thinking things could be different. For thinking you were a fluke. For thinking my life could… — Tahereh Mafi Idiot Copy Share Image
“He shifts and my eyes shatter into thousands of pieces that ricochet around the room, capturing a million snapshots, a million moments… — Tahereh Mafi Memories Copy Share Image
“No gun, no sword, no army or king will ever be more powerful than a sentence. Swords may cut and kill, but… — Tahereh Mafi Sword Copy Share Image
“For so many years I thought my life was difficult; I thought I understood what it meant to suffer. But this. This… — Tahereh Mafi Ashamed Copy Share Image
“I want Adam to be happy, Kenji, I really do. But he and I would end up like water going nowhere." "What… — Tahereh Mafi Ignite-me 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
“Juliette," he says. He touches my hand so gently it startles me. "Did you notice? it seems I am immune to your… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I tried so hard to fix what I'd ruined. I tried every single day to be what they wanted. I tried all… — Tahereh Mafi Every single day Copy Share Image
“I want so many things,” he whispers. “I want your mind. Your strength. I want to be worth your time.” His fingers… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I'm really happy you're taking it so well-I am- but James, this really isn't something to be excited about. We're running for… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I imagine love, I imagine wind, I imagine gold hair and green eyes and whispers, laughter I imagine Me extraordinary, unbroken the… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“There’s something simmering inside of me. Something I’ve never dared to tap into, something I’m afraid to acknowledge. There’s a part of… — Tahereh Mafi Break free Copy Share Image
“He repeats my name like the word amuses him. Entertains him. Delights him. In” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Just because I'm going to hell doesn't mean you'll ever deserve her.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“It's the kind of kiss that makes you realize oxygen is overrated.” — Tahereh Mafi Kiss Copy Share Image
“Because in the end it is our emotions that make us weak, not our actions.” — Tahereh Mafi Emotions Copy Share Image
“I'd really rather die than eat your food and listen to you call me love.” — Tahereh Mafi Food Copy Share Image
“I have an extremely low threshold for disorder; it offends my very being.” — Tahereh Mafi Destroy-me Copy Share Image
