946 Quotes by Tahereh Mafi

I’ve never read anything like this before. I’ve never read anything that could speak directly to my bones.

I keep sniffing my skin, pleasantly surprised by how nice it is to smell like a flower. I’ve never smelled like anything before.

I wanted to ask her so many questions but I didn’t because we don’t talk to people anymore because saying something would be stranger than saying nothing to a stranger.

I can’t be my own person if I constantly require someone else to hold me together.

Mother didn’t care for the oddness of Alice; she wasn’t a parent who was predisposed to liking her children. She didn’t find their quirks endearing.

Because somehow, even with the encumbrance of such an unfortunate and isolating occupation, she walked through darkness with elegance, navigating the corridors of life and death with a confidence he’d always secretly longed for.

Alice dropped her head, because sadness had left hinges in her bones.

My eyes are 2 windows cracked open by the chaos in this world.

The sun had folded itself away and the moon was in no hurry to replace it.