I'm wearing dead cotton on my limbs and a blush of roses on my face.
Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me.
“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.”
“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 ...”
“My body is cracking from the pain I have swallowed so Many times, heaving with sobs I can no longer suppress, my dignity dissolving in my tears, the agony of these past few days ripping my skin to ...”
“I hope he doesn't know he just touched my leg.And nothing happened.”
“Laughter comes from living." I shrug, try to sound indifferent. "I've never really been alive before.”
“Do not fall in love with people like me. I will take you to museums, and parks, and monuments, and kiss you in every beautiful place, so that you can never go back to them without tasting me like b...”
“It was many and many a year ago,In a kingdom by the sea,That a maiden there lived whom you may knowBy the name of ANNABEL LEE;And this maiden she lived with no other thoughtThan to love and be love...”
“A court that wouldn't just change the world. It would start the world over.”
“Red in the head, Silver in the heart”
“I have a theory that the answers to all of life's major questions can found in a John Mayer song.”