Tahereh Mafi quotes
All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.
I love walking into a bookstore. It's like all my friends are sitting on shelves, waving their pages at me.
"It's not charity," I snap. "He cares about me--and I care about him!" Warner nods, unimpressed. "You should get a dog, love. I hear they share much the same qualities."
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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
Do you never get exhausted being so wholly unbearable? You have as much charisma as the rotting innards of unidentified roadkill.
And if you insist on continuing to make assumptions about my character, I'll advise you only this: assume you will always be wrong.
"Can you hear my heart?" I want to ask him. "I want you to make a list of all your favorite things, and I want to be on it."
I have a curse. I HAVE A GIFT. I'm a monster. I'M MORE THAN HUMAN. My touch Is lethal. MY TOUCH IS POWER. I am their weapon. I WILL FIGHT BACK.