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

“It is only in the desperate seconds before death that we realize the windows against which we broke our bodies were only mirror, all along.”

“She didn't know how to describe this feeling, this breathless languor. No one had ever looked at her the way he did, as if the sight of her might be fatal. Her lips had parted under the weight of his silent want, her mouth growing heavy with the sound of his name and a desperate, foolish impulse to whisper the word against his skin.”

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

“And I do. I do wonder, I think about it all the time. What it would be like to kill myself. Because I never really know, I still can't tell the difference, I'm never quite certain whether or not I'm actually alive. I sit here every single day. Run, I said to myself. Run until your lungs collapse, until the wind whips and snaps at your tattered clothes, until you're a blur that blends into the background.”

“Kenji has a hand pressed to his mouth, desperately trying to suppress a smile. He’s shaking his head, holding up a hand in apology. And then he breaks, laughing out loud, snorting as he tries to muffle the sound. “I’m sorry,” he says, pressing his lips together, shaking his head again. “This is not a funny moment. It’s not. I’m not laughing”

“May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the window and kiss the night air.”

“A fit, healthy body—that is the best fashion statement”

““Darkness may hide the trees”

“True beauty is something that attacks, overpowers, robs, and finally destroys.”

“Not that she didn't love almost every boy she'd ever met, and not that every boy in the world didn't totally love her. It was impossible not to. But she wanted someone to love her and shower her with attention the way only a boy who was completely in love with her could. The rare sort of love. True love. The kind of love she'd never had.”

“Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue).”