Quotes by Tahereh Mafi

“The Sun is an arrogant thing, always leaving the world behind when it tires of us. The Moon is a loyal companion. It never leaves. It's always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light an...”

“I hope he doesn't know he just touched my leg.And nothing happened.”

“You will not be alone, I say to them, spinning to see their faces. You don't need to be afraid anymore. We want to take back our world. We want to save the lives of our family members, our friends....”

“How strange that we can go from friends to inseparable to hateful then casual all in one lifetime.”

“I do know that I don't want to wake him.We were up very late last night.”

“She could see all of Ferenwood from here: the rolling hills, the endless explosion of color cascading down and across the lush landscape. Reds and blues: Maroon and ceruleans. Yellow and tangerine ...”

“Beautiful enough to lure in prey, he said. Strong enough to clamp down and destroy, he said.”

“Because a quiet night is not the same as a silent one, a firm man is not the same as a steady one, and a bright light is not the same as a brilliant one.”

“Laughter comes from living." I shrug, try to sound indifferent. "I've never really been alive before.”

“The moon is a loyal companion.It never leaves. Its always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do. Every day its a different version of ...”

“I never thought it would get this bad. I never thought the Reestablishment would take things so far. They're incinerating culture, the beauty of diversity. The new citizens of our world will be red...”

“So that's it?" Kenji says. "You just like him for his personality, huh?""What?""All of this," Kenji says, waving a hand in the air, "has nothing to do with him being all sexy and shit and him being...”

“Do you never get exhausted being so wholly unbearable?”

“We're too different now. We want different things. And this?" I say nodding at our hands. "All this managed to prove is that you are extremely good at turning me off”

“Red was ruby, green was fluorescent, yellow was simply incandescent. Color was life. Color was everything.Color, you see, was the universal sign of magic.”

“Hang tightHold on Look upStay strongHang on Hold tightLook strongStay up One day I might breakOne day I mightb r e a kfree”

“His lips soften into a smile that cracks apart my spine. He repeats my name like the word amuses him. Entertains him. Delights him. ”

“Why are you touchin”

“I grieve nothing. I take everything.”

“I love walking into a bookstore. It's like all my friends are sitting on shelves, waving their pages at me.”