TMTahereh Mafi

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Tahereh Mafi

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01Undated

First! Does this need to be said? Second! Does this need to be said by me? And third! Does this need to be said by me right now?

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02Undated

And I don't know much about anything in this world but I do know how to read The book written in his eyes. The way he looks at me.

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03Undated

And he leans in, so carefully. Breathing and not breathing and hearts beating between us and he's so close, he's so close and I can't feel my legs anymore. I can't feel my fingers or the cold or the emptiness of this room because all I feel is him, everywhere, filling everything and he whispers"Please."He says, "Please don't shoot me for this.

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04Undated

we write every day, we fight every day, we think and scheme and dream a little dream every day. manuscripts pile up in the kitchen sink, run-on sentences dangle around our necks. we plant purple prose in our gardens and snip the adverbs only to thread them in our hair. we write with no guarantees, no certainties, no promises of what might come and we do it anyway. this is who we are.

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05Undated

Alice jumped from flagstone to flagstone, her face caught in the rainlight glow, her hand grasping for a touch of gold. The towns excitement was contagious, and the air was so thick with promise Alice could almost bite into it.

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06Undated

Warner. A white bird with streaks of gold like a crown atop its head. A fair - skinned boy with gold hair, the leader of Sector 45. It was always him. All along . The link.

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07Undated

Hang tightHold on Look upStay strongHang on Hold tightLook strongStay up One day I might breakOne day I mightb r e a kfree

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08Undated

I grieve nothing. I take everything.

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09Undated

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

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10Undated

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.

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11Undated

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

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12Undated

I'm wearing dead cotton on my limbs and a blush of roses on my face.

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13Undated

I hear Warner laugh.I see him smile.It's 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 I've never seen him like this before. I've never seen his teeth--so straight, so white, nothing less than perfect. A flawless, flawless exterior for a boy with a black, black heart. It's hard to believe there's blood on the hands of the person I'm 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.He's easily the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.And I wish I'd never seen it.

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14Undated

We've been shattered and reconstructed, told to make an effort every single day to pretend we still function the way we're supposed to. But it's a lie, it's 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.

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15Undated

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

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16Undated

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

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17Undated

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

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18Undated

I can do anything I want. Be with anyone I want. And it'll be my choice.

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19Undated

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.

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20Undated

My father couldn't warm my frozen hands.

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21Undated

I didn't want the clothes or the perfect shoes or the expensive anything. I didn't 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.

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22Undated

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

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23Undated

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

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24Undated

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

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