Quotes by Tahereh Mafi

My thoughts, I think, will soon be sound.My mind, I hope, will soon be found.

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

The destruction of the world didn’t happen overnight, and neither will saving it,

Being afraid meant it was okay to forget your manners. If you're afraid, you never have to be nice.

I am nothing more than the consequence of catastrophe.

I’m here for you, kid. That’s what friends are for.

I don’t want to do this without you,” I whisper.He leans back. “Who said you’re going to do anything without me?

I mean, I deserve to be happy, don't I?" (...)"You deserve to be the happiest

Comamandering is not a word.It has letters, doesn't it? Sounds like a word to me.

Who says you can’t be cute and kick ass at the same time” Kenji winks at me. “I do it every day

Do you never get exhausted being so wholly unbearable?

You eat like a caveman.""No, I don't," he says angrily. And then, a moment later: "Do I?"Warner to Kenji

You’re a total catch.” “I know, right? I keep trying to tell people.

Shit, man, if I didn’t know you were in a world of pain right now, I’d be filming this.

Who says you can’t be cute and kick ass at the same time?” Kenji winks at me. “I do it every day.

I'm having a panic attack, you inconsiderate ass.

I don't know if it's going to be a happy ending or a sad one

I'm an hourglass. My seventeen years have collapsed and buried me from the inside out. My legs feel full of sand and stapled together, my mind overflowing with grains of indecision, choices unmade and impatient as time runs out of my body.

I grieve nothing. I take everything.

His lips soften into a smile that cracks apart my spine. He repeats my name like the word amuses him. Entertains him. Delights him.In seventeen years no one has said my name like that

Hate looks like everybody else until it smiles

Lift your hips for me, love.

I feel like I’ve been split open and stuffed with sunshine.

I love you, Ella. I will love you for the rest of my life. My heart is yours. Please don't ever give it back to me.- Warner

I touch the tip of my finger to his lips. "There are secrets in here," I say. "I want them out."He tries to bite my finger.I steal it back.

Why are you touching me?""Because Ican.

His hands are holding my cheeks, and he pulls back just to look me in the eye and his chest is heaving and he says, "I think," he says, "my heart is going to explode," and I wish, more than ever, that I knew how to capture moments like these and revisit them forever.Because this.This is everything.

It's the kind of kiss that inspires stars to climb into the sky and light up the world.

I'm oxygen and he's dying to breathe.