Girls are always talking about electricity in their romance, but none are too happy to actually be electrocuted, apparently. Bloody confusing, is… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I’d rather be shot dead screaming for justice than die alone in a prison of my own making.” — Tahereh Mafi Crime Copy Share Image
“How strange that we can go from friends to inseparable to hateful then casual all in one lifetime.” — Tahereh Mafi Change Copy Share Image
“It's incredible how someone can look so right and feel so wrong. Kent is a lucky bastard.” — Tahereh Mafi Adam-kent Copy Share Image
“Swallow the tears back often enough and they'll start feeling like acid dripping down your throat.” — Tahereh Mafi Tears Copy Share Image
“I need to cool off," I tell him, trying to moderate my voice. I'll be back to shave your head while you're… — Tahereh Mafi 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'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
“He looks away. And he smiles. Its the kind of smile that makes me forget how to do everything but blink and… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“We are fed lies because believing them makes us weak, vulnerable, malleable. We depend on others for our food, health, sustenance. This… — Tahereh Mafi Health Copy Share Image
“Doubt had married my fear and moved into my mind, where it built castles and ruled kingdoms and reigned over me, bowing… — Tahereh Mafi Fear Copy Share Image
“Don't do that," he says. "Don't ask me questions you already know the answers to. Twice I've laid myself bare to you… — Tahereh Mafi Aaron-warner-anderson Copy Share Image
“I think there's something about the impermanence of life these days that makes it necessary to etch ink into our skin" he… — Tahereh Mafi Life Copy Share Image
“All I know is that it’ll never be safe for me to rely on someone else again, to need constant reassurance of… — Tahereh Mafi 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 Copy Share Image
“My eyes are filling fast with tears and I blink and blink but the world is a mess and I want to… — Tahereh Mafi Tears Copy Share Image
“Because while she might be able to feign timidity within the confines of isolation, out here—amid chaos, destruction—I knew she’d become something… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Juliette, please-" Warner is screaming my name and I look up despite my best efforts. His eyes are two shots of green… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“There was something so unreal about her, sitting there. I couldn’t even see her face; couldn’t discern the outline of her figure.… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
Fun fact #1 about pomegranates: Pomegranates are awesome.Fun fact #2: Pomegranates are like little explosions of awesome in your mouth.Fun fact #3:… — Tahereh Mafi Explosions 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
“What's your name?" I ask him. We're standing in front of my door. He stops suprised. Lifts his chin almost imperecmptly. Focuses… — Tahereh Mafi 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
“I've learned to stare at things. The walls. My hands. The cracks in the walls. The lines on my fingers. The shades… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“He's too much. Everything about him is too much. His emotions, his actions, his anger, his aggression. His love.” — Tahereh Mafi Anger Copy Share Image
“Sometimes a book isn't a heartbreaking work of staggering genius. Sometimes it's the only story you knew how to tell.” — Tahereh Mafi Book Copy Share Image
“He smiles a small smile. His lips twitch like he's trying not to laugh. His eyes soften as they study my own.… — Tahereh Mafi Smiles Copy Share Image
“If I considered other people's mediocre standards a sufficient metric by which to measure my own accomplishments, I'd have never amounted to… — Tahereh Mafi Accomplishments Copy Share Image
“I've searched the world for all the right words and my mouth is full of nothing.” — Tahereh Mafi Language 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
“He’s stolen my bed my blanket my pillow. I have nothing but the floor. I will have nothing but the floor. I… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“stared out at the cars and the parents dropping off their kids and the moments I’d never be a part of.” — Tahereh Mafi Parenting Copy Share Image
“My body is a carnivorous flower, a poisonous houseplant, a loaded gun with a million triggers and he's more than ready to… — Tahereh Mafi Flower Copy Share Image
The world is a mess and I want to laugh because all I can think is how horrible and beautiful it is,… — Tahereh Mafi Bears Copy Share Image
“Good for you. I’ll buy you a balloon the minute the world stops shitting on itself.” — Tahereh Mafi Balloon Copy Share Image
“Stop letting everyone else tell you what’s wrong and right. Stake a claim! You cower when you could conquer.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“He can touch me, is what ill never tell him. Please touch me is what I want to tell him” — Tahereh Mafi 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 Copy Share Image
“We're drenched in water and beauty and the exhilaration of a moment I never knew was possible.” — Tahereh Mafi Beauty Copy Share Image
“I need to rip my wounds open and bleed fresh for him. “It’s true,” I tell him.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
