Quotes by Tahereh Mafi

“I'm beginning to think of hope as a dangerous, terrifying thing.”

“Its like there are a million screams caught inside of my chest but I have to keep them all in because whats the point of screaming if youll never be heard and no one will ever hear me in here. No o...”

“Maybe I was crazy to consider it, but Id always hoped that if I were a good enough girl, if I did everything right, if I said the right things or said nothing at allI thought my parents would chang...”

“For so many years I lived in constant terror of myself. Doubt had married my fear and moved into my mind, where it built castles and ruled kingdoms and reigned over me, bowing my will to its whispe...”

“So I take a deep breath.Step forward.Let go.10 seconds and I'm trying to breathe9And I'm trying to be brave8But the truth is I'm scared out of my mind7And I have no idea what's waiting for me behin...”

“I clench my fists and try not to scream and I tuck my friends in my hea”

“I peek up at his features, at the crooked grin i want to savor, at the color in his eyes i'd use to paint a million pictures.”

“Juliette ? A tentative voice . Are you okay? I lower the pillow . Blink up . Warner is wearing a towel . A towel . I want to roll under the bed .”

“He's looking at the wall and at the floor and at the bedsheets and at the way his knuckles look when he clenches his fist but no not at me he won't look at me and his next words are so, so soft. "B...”

“Tell me what you want" he [Warner] says desperately. "Tell me what to do," he says, "and I'll do it.”

“Because something inside of my heart is ripping apart and it feels like fear, it tastes like panic and anxiety and desperation and I don't know how to understand th image in front of me. I don't wa...”

“Selfish needs, wants, and desires needed to be obliterated. Greed, overindulgence, and gluttony had to be expunged from human behavior. The solution was in self-control, in minimalism, in sparse li...”

“I felt the tears streak down my cheeks but I wasn't crying.”

“Of course I remember you." My voice is a strangled whisper. I squeeze my eyes shut. "You were the only one who ever looked at me like a human being.”

“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 and ...”

“I keep sniffing my skin, pleasantly surprised by how nice it is to smell like a flower. I've never smelled like anything before.”

“A tired starving dog so thin and frail it looks like it could be knocked over by the wind. But it's staring at me. Unafraid. Mouth opened. Tongue lolling. I want to laugh out loud. I glanced around...”

“Is it possible to love someone and then stop loving them? I don't think I even know what love is”

“It sounds crazy, to think that I cared so much without ever talking to you.”

“This planet is a broken bone that didnt set right, a hundred pieces of crystal glued together. Weve been shattered and reconstructed, told to make an effort every single day to pretend we still fun...”