Quotes by Tahereh Mafi

Studies have shown that thinking and wondering lead to thoughtful decision-making. Its an epidemic.

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.

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

Im wearing dead cotton on my limbs and a blush of roses on my face.

I hear Warner laugh.I see him smile.Its 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 Ive never seen him like this before. Ive never seen his teeth--so straight, so white, nothing less than perfect. A flawless, flawless exterior for a boy with a black, black heart. Its hard to believe theres blood on the hands of the person Im staring at. He looks soft and vulnerable--so human. His eyes are squinting from all his grinning and his cheeks are pink form the cold.He has dimples.Hes easily the most beautiful thing Ive ever seen.And I wish Id never seen it.

Weve been shattered and reconstructed, told to make an effort every single day to pretend we still function the way were supposed to. But its a lie, its all a lie; every person, place, thing and idea is a lie. I do not function properly. I am nothing more than the consequence of catastrophe.

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

I am not myself.My thoughts are tangled in words that are not my own.

Shed decided long ago that life was a long journey. She would be strong and she would be weak, and both would be okay.

I can do anything I want. Be with anyone I want. And itll be my choice.

The moon is a loyal companion. It never leaves. It’s always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do.

My father couldnt warm my frozen hands.

I didnt want the clothes or the perfect shoes or the expensive anything. I didnt want to be draped in silk. All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.

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

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

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

His smile is laced with dynamite.

he says : please dont shoot me for this and he kissed me .

Nothing in this life will ever make sense to me but I cant help but try to collect the change and hope its enough to pay for our mistakes.

I cant be my own person if I constantly require someone else to hold me together.