946 Quotes by Tahereh Mafi

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 to live up to their utopian expectations.

I'm going to go get more coffee" "i thought you said it was disgusting." He levels a look at me. " Yes, but i am a sad, sad man with very low standards

El sol y la luna se han fusionado y la tierra está del revés. Siento que puedo ser exactamente quien quiero en sus brazos.

Nothing in this life will ever make sense to me but I can't help but try to collect the change and hope it's enough to pay for our mistakes.

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

I'm beginning to think of hope as a dangerous, terrifying thing.

So I take a deep breath.Step forward.Let go.10 seconds and I'm trying to breathe9And I'm trying to be brave8But the truth is I'm scared out of my mind7And I have no idea what's waiting for me behind that door6And I'm pretty sure I'm going to have a heart attack5But I can't turn back now4Because there it is3The door is right in front of me2All I have to do is knock1Butthe door flies open first.

I was happier," Adam says, "when I thought she was dead." "You don't mean that. Don't say things like that, man. Once you say that kind of ... you can't take it back--" "Oh, I mean it," Adam says. "I really, really mean it." He finally looks at me. Fists clenched. "Thinking you were dead," he says to me, "was so much better. It hurt so much less than this." The walls are moving. I'm seeing spots, blinking at nothing.

Arrogance is false confidence. It is born from insecurity.