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 and nervous giggles that sit in my chest, build in my chest, threaten to burst through my chest, and the pressure is tightening and tightening and tighteningLife around here isn't what I expected it to be.

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Tahereh Mafi was a contemporary American american author. Tahereh Mafi is an Iranian-American author based in Santa Monica, California. She is known for writing young adult fiction. Read more on Wikipedia →

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