Quotes by Tahereh Mafi

“Because it's so hard to be kind to the world when all you've ever felt is hate.”

“I made so many promises when I arrived here.Now I'm not so sure. Now I'm worried. Now my mind is a traitor because my thoughts crawl out of bed every morning with darting eyes and sweating palms an...”

“Dear, sweet, beautiful girl,”

“Alice would choose to love herself, different and extraordinary, every day of the week.”

“I am suspended in the moment. Flickering images faded with age, frozen thoughts hovering precariously in dead space, a whirlwind of memories that slice through my soul.”

“I have to get out of this room as soon as possible, or my own thoughts will wage war against me.”

“Because it's so difficult to fight what you cannot control and right now I can't even control my own imagination as it grips my hair and drags me into the dark.”

“Right now I can't even control my own imagination as it grips my hair and drags me into the dark”

“I want you to make a list of all of your favorite things, and I want to be on it.”

“Loneliness is a strange sort of thing.It creeps up on you, quiet and still, sits by your side in the dark,strokes your hair as you sleep. It wraps itself around your bones,squeezing so tight you al...”

“I think wow, I imagine this is what it's like to have friends.”

“Studies have shown that thinking and wondering lead to thoughtful decision-making. It's an epidemic.”

“Sometimes I think the loneliness inside of me is going to explode through my skin and sometimes im not sure if crying or screaming or laughing through the hysteria will solve anything at all”

“Hate looks just like everybody else until it smiles. Until it spins around and lies with lips and teeth carved into the semblance of something too passive to punch.”

“1,320 seconds walk into the room before he does.”

“My mind is a warehouse of carefully organized human emotions.I lock away the things that do not serve me.”

“I'm wearing dead cotton on my limbs and a blush of roses on my face.”

“I hear Warner laugh.I see him smile.It's the kind of smile that transforms him into someone else entirely, the kind of smile that puts stars in his eyes and a dazzle on his lips and I realize I've ...”

“Things are changing, but this time I'm not afraid. This time I know who I am. This time I've made the right choice and fighting for the right team. I feel safe. Confident”

“The only existence I know now is the one I was given. An echo of what used to be.”