Tahereh Mafi Quotes
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People seldom realize that they tell lies with their lips and truths with their eyes all the time.
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I am a being comprised of letters, a character created by sentences, a figment of imagination formed through fiction.
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A handful of letters doesn't always make a word, love.
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Torture is not torture when there’s any hope of relief.
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You deserve to live. You deserve to be alive.
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Insane for your sweet, sweet love!
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On the darkest days you have to search for a spot of brightness, on the coldest days you have to seek out a spot of warmth; on the bleakest days you have to keep your eyes onward and upward and on the saddest days you have to leave them open to let them cry. To then let them dry. To give them a chance to wash out the pain in order to see fresh and clear once again.
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My words wear no parachutes as they fall out of my mouth.
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Hope can make people do terrible things.
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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. Every day it’s a different version of itself. Sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of light. The moon understands what it means to be human. Uncertain. Alone. Cratered by imperfections.
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And we are quotation marks, inverted and upside down, clinging to one another at the end of this life sentence. Trapped by lives we did not choose.
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The words get easier the moment you stop fearing them.
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I have a heart, says science, but I am a monster, says society.
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I spent my life folded between the pages of books. In the absence of human relationships I formed bonds with paper characters.
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I love walking into a bookstore. It's like all my friends are sitting on shelves, waving their pages at me.
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I spent my life folded between the pages of books. In the absence of human relationships I formed bonds with paper characters. I lived love and loss through stories threaded in history; I experienced adolescence by association. My world is one interwoven web of words, stringing limb to limb, bone to sinew, thoughts and images all together. I am a being comprised of letters, a character created by sentences, a figment of imagination formed through fiction.
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Only an idiot would rely on the energy of a bean or a leaf to stay awake throughout the day.
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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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Hope will break your heart all over again.
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Why sleep when there are books to read.
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Fun fact #1 about pomegranates: Pomegranates are awesome.Fun fact #2: Pomegranates are like little explosions of awesome in your mouth.Fun fact #3: A lot of people think you're not supposed to eat the seeds of a pomegranate - but that's not true, people who tell you that are liars, and they don't know anything about life, and they should never be trusted.
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I want to be the friend you fall hopelessly in love with. The one you take into your arms and into your bed and into the private world you keep trapped in your head. I want to be that kind of friend. The one who will memorize the things you say as well as the shape of your lips when you say them. I want to know every curve, every freckle, every shiver of your body. I want to know where to touch you, I want to know how to touch you. I want to know convince you to design a smile just for me. Yes, I do want to be your friend. I want to be your best friend in the entire world.
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I can do anything I want. Be with anyone I want. And it'll be my choice.
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I feel like I've been split open and stuffed with sunshine.
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I tuck caution into my pocket and hope I can reach for it if I need to.
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They say there were birds who used to soar through the skies like planes.It seems strange that a small animal could achieve anything as complex as human engineering, but the possibility is too enticing to ignore.
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Time goes on even when we do not.
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This pen is my only outlet, my only voice, because I have no one else to speak to, no mind but my own to drown in and all the lifeboats are taken and all the life preservers are broken and I don't know how to swim I can't swim I can't swim and it's getting so hard. It's getting so hard. It's like there are a million screams caught inside of my chest but I have to keep them all in because what's the point of screaming if you'll never be heard and no one will ever hear me in here. No one will ever hear me again.
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Sometimes you have to learn how to shoot first.
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Hope in this world bleeds out of the barrel of a gun.
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