“Suddenly she understood that it is a very hard thing, to be afraid of things, and that it takes up so much… — Tahereh Mafi Mother Copy Share Image
“I can well imagine the extent of his relationship with my father,' Warner says, shaking his head. 'And that he has managed… — Tahereh Mafi Adam-kent Copy Share Image
“I want to tell her to stop, to leave, but parts of me are at war. I'm happy to have her close… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Traditional homes of our old world have been abandoned, windows shattered, roofs collapsing, red and green and blue paint scrubbed into muted… — Tahereh Mafi Bright future Copy Share Image
“I have no idea where I am. I only know that I was transported by someone in a white van who drove… — Tahereh Mafi Transported Copy Share Image
“Juliette," he whispers, and I realize just how close he is. I'm not sure why I haven't evaporated into nothingness. "It's been… — Tahereh Mafi Whispers Copy Share Image
“You broke up with me. You gave up on us - on our entire future together. You basically reached in and ripped… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I wonder at my incapacity for easy banter, smooth conversation, empty words to fill awkward moments. I don't have a closet filled… — Tahereh Mafi Awkward moment Copy Share Image
“You’re a coward,” he whispers. “You want to be with me and it terrifies you. And you’re ashamed,” he says. “Ashamed you… — Tahereh Mafi Ashamed Copy Share Image
“It’s okay to kill a man if someone else deems him unfit to live. What I really want to say is who… — Tahereh Mafi Killing Copy Share Image
“Books are easily destroyed. But words will live as long as people can remember them. Tattoos, for example, are very hard to… — Tahereh Mafi Books Copy Share Image
“I have never claimed to live by any set of principles," Warner says to me. "I've never claimed to be right, or… — Tahereh Mafi Aaron-warner-anderson Copy Share Image
“I'm the train. I'm the one careening out of control. Because sometime you see yourself- you see yourself the way you could… — Tahereh Mafi Fitness Copy Share Image
“A tired starving dog so thin and frail it looks like it could be knocked over by the wind. But it's staring… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I’m so sorry,” she says, and she’s wringing her hands, looking away from me. “I’m so, so sorry.” I notice what she’s… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Maybe I was crazy to consider it, but I’d always hoped that if I were a good enough girl, if I did… — Tahereh Mafi Good enough Copy Share Image
“Because somehow, even with the encumbrance of such an unfortunate and isolating occupation, she walked through darkness with elegance, navigating the corridors… — Tahereh Mafi Beauty Copy Share Image
“.. but you-with you-" Hefalters. Looks down. "How am I supposed to go back?" he asks, so quietly. "How am I supposed… — Tahereh Mafi Adam-kent Copy Share Image
“some people are so stupid that they actually think there are thick neon lines separating good and evil. That it’s easy to… — Tahereh Mafi Clear conscience Copy Share Image
“I'm checking my pockets for spare words and sentences but I'm finding none, not an adverb, not a preposition or even a… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“We're running out of time, he said. As if time were the kind of thing you could run out of, as if… — Tahereh Mafi Running out of time Copy Share Image
“They locked me up with a boy. A boy . Dear god. They're trying to kill me. They've done it one purpose.… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“No. I refuse to believe that this is the end of us. Not if you still love me. Because you're going to… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“There is nothing to fear. Nothing to worry about. Grieve nothing in this transitionary world. It's the only way I know how… — Tahereh Mafi Fear Copy Share Image
“This girl is destroying me. A girl who has spent the last year in an insane asylum. A girl who would try… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I sit back in my chair, staring at the wall just behind him, mentally tallying up the minutes I've lost today. "Leave… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Why don't you just kill me?" "That, my dear, would be a waste." He steps forward and I realize his hands are… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“It's like I've been stuffed full of twigs and all I have to do is bend and my body will break. All… — Tahereh Mafi Anger Copy Share Image
“Incredible. He left me bleeding all over his living floor. What a nice little present for his son to clean up. What… — Tahereh Mafi Fall in love Copy Share Image
“Have you ever had a girlfriend, Kenji?" "What?" He looks mortally offended. "Do I look like the kind of guy who's never… — Tahereh Mafi Humor Copy Share Image
“Someone picked up the sun and pinned it to the sky again, but every day it hangs a little lower than the… — Tahereh Mafi Dark Copy Share Image
“They filled our world with weapons aimed at foreheads and smiled as they shot 16 candles right through our future. They killed… — Tahereh Mafi Dystopian Copy Share Image
“One word, two lips, three four five fingers form a fist. One corner, two parents, three four five reasons to hide. One… — Tahereh Mafi Fear Copy Share Image
“I have never known this kind of peace. Never known this kind of comfort. And sometimes I am afraid,” he says, dropping… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Things are changing, but this time I'm not afraid. This time I know who I am. This time I've made the right… — Tahereh Mafi Change Copy Share Image
“... my face is buried in the soft material of his shirt and my cheek is pressed against his chest and he… — Tahereh Mafi Courage Copy Share Image
“ She is a walking weapon in society , is what the teachers said. We've never seen anything like it , is… — Tahereh Mafi Community Copy Share Image
“Warner. A white bird with streaks of gold like a crown atop its head. A fair - skinned boy with gold hair,… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“My voice softens. 'How old are you ?' 'I'll be eleven next year.' I grin. 'So you're ten years old?' He crosses… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
His hands are holding my cheeks, and he pulls back just to look me in the eye and his chest is heaving… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
