“No more Christmas, no more Hanukkah, no more Ramadan and Diwali.” — Tahereh Mafi Christmas Copy Share Image
“Something punches me in the stomach. His eyes. Something about his eyes. It’s not him” — Tahereh Mafi Eyes Copy Share Image
“Warner nods. Takes a short breath. Licks his lips. And shoots him in the forehead.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I don't know much about anything in this world but I do know how to read the book written in his eyes.” — Tahereh Mafi Book Copy Share Image
“Don't go," he says. "Your touch is the only thing keeping me from losing my mind.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“There will be a bird today. It will be white with streaks of gold like a crown atop its head. It will… — Tahereh Mafi Bird 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
“And I understand, for the first time, that I have the power to destroy everything.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Ah, Ms. Ferrars. I don't know what you hope to accomplish by sitting in the corner.” — Tahereh Mafi Castle Copy Share Image
“I'm just messing with you guys. I like seeing psycho chick get all intense." He glances at me, lowers his voice. "I… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
His lips soften into a smile that cracks apart my spine. He repeats my name like the word amuses him. Entertains him.… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I want to be that friend you fall hopelessly in love with. The one you take into your arms and into your… — Tahereh Mafi Friend Copy Share Image
“Because it's so hard to be kind to the world when all you've ever felt is hate. Because it's so hard to… — Tahereh Mafi Goodness in the world Copy Share Image
“Only my dead body would allow her to walk out that door." Warner exercises his jaw and spits blood on the floor.… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I place my hands on his chest. He presses me into the curve of his body. Tilts my chin up to meet… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Good morning, sunshine." Kenji blinks in our direction. "Morning," I say back. "I wasn't talking to you," he says, trying to smile.… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“You're naked?" Kenji is suddenly studying my sheet and not bothering to be subtle about it. I flush despite my best efforts,… — Tahereh Mafi Juliette Copy Share Image
“Do you know,” he says, closing the cover of the journal only to lay his hand on top of it. Protecting it.… — Tahereh Mafi Aaron-warner-anderson Copy Share Image
“There’s a strange kind of freedom in the dark; a terrifying vulnerability we allow ourselves at exactly the wrong moment, tricked by… — Tahereh Mafi Dark Copy Share Image
“loneliness is a strange sort of thing. it creeps up on you, quiet and still, sits by your side in the dark,… — Tahereh Mafi Loneliness Copy Share Image
“Something snaps. I hear a gasp. I spin around. I jump up, alert, searching for the sound. It seemed close by. Someone… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Kenji turns to look at me. He manages a goofy smile. "Aw, you trust me?" "As long as I have a clear… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I don't know what I was expecting. Maybe I thought I'd catch him trying to break a hole in the wall or… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“He's kissing me like he's lost me and he's found me and I'm slipping away and he's never going to let me… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I do so much with these lips, I think. I taste and touch and kiss and I’ve pressed them to the tender… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
