Quote by Tahereh Mafi Download Open image ““I didn't dare get close to people. I couldn't risk it.”” — Tahereh Mafi ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“I wasn't sure if it was safe for me to be sharing time and space with other people, who all seemed so much gentler… — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
“I said nothing. If she wasn't careful, everyone would rush out of her life, life out of a burning building.” — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
“Also, I kind of liked knowing they were watching but that I held all the control. No one could touch me here. No one… — Megan Erickson Copy Share Image
“...I wasn't going to knowingly put you at risk. You mean too much to me.” — Jennifer L. Armentrout Copy Share Image
“Don’t fear what other people can do. Fear most what you could have done, but didn’t.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“I want the people I love to do not as I would or have done, but whatever will keep them safe.” — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
“It is so incredibly easy to take risks with the lives of other people.” — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“Some people rushed into danger without a thought for their own safety. Others ran away. And some froze. I fitted into the latter group.” — Estelle Ryan Copy Share Image
“I'd found out that if you pushed people away hard enough, they tended to go.” — Morgan Matson Copy Share Image
“I didn't mind walking into danger on my own. Not the concept of it, anyway.” — Gwenda Bond Copy Share Image
“I'm not close to people, I am close to myself. I spend a lot of time inside.” — Henry Rollins 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 and he… — Tahereh Mafi 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 I ever… — 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 Copy Share Image
“Right now I can't even control my own imagination as it grips my hair and drags me into the dark” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I want you, I want all of you. I want you inside and out and catching your breath and aching for me like I… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I almost forget that she still hates me, despite how hard I’ve fallen for her. And I’ve fallen. So hard. I’ve hit the ground.… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart. — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“That’s when I understand. Of course she’s not okay. Of course she didn’t get any sleep last night. Last night she almost killed one… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
