Poetry Quote by Tahereh Mafi — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“He was terrified she'd go and do something brutal, like smile at him.”

“Hate looks like everybody else until it smiles”

“The constant, gnawing ache inside him---this pitiful need that grew only more fraught in the wake of every darkness that devoured him---he longed for her warmth, for her radiance.”

“You must not resist life when it becomes inconvenient to live. You cannot outrun fear. You should not ignore pain. You will not outlive death.”

“Because I was dying.”

“I'm having a panic attack, you inconsiderate ass.”

“Fear not the waking world, my mortal,”

“It is always better”

“Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean,”

“With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.”

“I have learned and dismantled all the words in order to draw from them a”

“Light”