Quotes by Tahereh Mafi

“All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.”

“I'm oxygen and he's dying to breathe.”

“I want to be the friend you fall hopelessly in love with. The one you take into your arms and into your bed and into the private world you keep trapped in your head. I want to be that kind of frien...”

“It's the kind of kiss that inspires stars to climb into the sky and light up the world.”

“And I've fallen.So hard.I've hit the ground. Gone right through it. Never in my life have I felt this. Nothing like this. I've felt shame and cowardice, weakness and strength. I've known terror and...”

“His hands are holding my cheeks, and he pulls back just to look me in the eye and his chest is heaving and he says, "I think," he says, "my heart is going to explode," and I wish, more than ever, t...”

“And he leans in, so carefully. Breathingand not breathing and hearts beatingbetween us and hes so close, hes so close and I cant feel my legs anymore. I cant feel my fingers or the cold or the empt...”

“Hate looks like everybody else until it smiles”

“I love you," I whisper. "I love you exactly as you are.”

“I touch the tip of my finger to his lips. "There are secrets in here," I say. "I want them out."He tries to bite my finger.I steal it back.”

“I feel like Ive been split open and stuffed with sunshine.”

“Please," he says. "I'm begging you to stop."I still. "I can't stomach your pain," he says. "I can feel it so strongly and it's making me crazy- please," he says to me. "Don't be sad. Or hurt. Or gu...”

“The afternoon our story begins, the quiet parts of being alive were the busiest: wind unlocking Windows; rainlight nudging curtains apart; fresh-cut grass tickling unsocked feet. Days like this mad...”

“Lift your hips for me, love.”

“That this girl would know exactly how to shatter me.”

“There is nothing to fear. Nothing to worry about. Grieve nothing in this transitory world," he says softly.”

“I am nothing more than the consequence of catastrophe.”

“And I do. I do wonder, I think about it all the time. What it would be like to kill myself. Because I never really know, I still can't tell the difference, I'm never quite certain whether or not I'...”

“Have you ever had a girlfriend, Kenji?" me?”

“They filled our world with weapons aimed at foreheads and smiled as they shot 16 candles right through our future. They killed those strong enough to fight back and locked up the freaks who failed ...”