946 Quotes by Tahereh Mafi

I looked out at the world around me and no longer saw nuance. I saw nothing but the potential for pain and the subsequent need to protect myself, constantly

Red was ruby, green was fluorescent, yellow was simply incandescent. Color was life. Color was everything.Color, you see, was the universal sign of magic.

Loneliness is a bitter, wretched companion. Sometimes it just won't let go

Juliette.I can't control a nightmare, but in my waking moments her name is the only reminder I will permit myself.

I've been locked up for 264 days.1 window. 4 walls. 144 square feet of space. 26 letters in an alphabet I haven't spoken in 264 days of isolation.6.336 hours since I've touched another human being.

They locked me up with a boy. A boy.Dear God.They're trying to kill me.

Juliette,” he says.“Yes?”I can hear him breathing.“Thank you,” he whispers. “Forbeing my friend.”I turn around then. Press close tohim, my nose grazing his neck. “I willalways be here if you need me,” I say,the darkness catching and hushing myvoice. “Please remember that. Alwaysremember that.

I’ve been stealing your soaps,” Itell him.He raises his eyebrows at me.“Sorry.” I feel myself blush.“Don’t feel bad,” he says, seriousso suddenly. “You can have anything ofmine you want. You can have all of it.

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