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.
Hope. It's like a drop of honey, a field of tulips blooming in the springtime. It's a fresh rain, a whispered promise, a cloudless sky, the perfect p… - Tahereh Mafi
Hope. It's like a drop of honey, a field of tulips blooming in the springtime. It's a fresh rain, a whispered promise, a cloudless sky, the perfect p…
- Tahereh Mafi
Books are easily destroyed. But words will live as long as people can remember them. - Tahereh Mafi
Books are easily destroyed. But words will live as long as people can remember them.
I love walking into a bookstore. It's like all my friends are sitting on shelves, waving their pages at me. - Tahereh Mafi
I love walking into a bookstore. It's like all my friends are sitting on shelves, waving their pages at me.
All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart. - Tahereh Mafi
All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.
People seldom realize that they tell lies with their lips and truths with their eyes all the time. - Tahereh Mafi
People seldom realize that they tell lies with their lips and truths with their eyes all the time.
The world is a mess and I want to laugh because all I can think is how horrible and beautiful it is, that our eyes blur the truth when we can't bear … - Tahereh Mafi
The world is a mess and I want to laugh because all I can think is how horrible and beautiful it is, that our eyes blur the truth when we can't bear …
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 ju… - Tahereh Mafi
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 ju…
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 … - Tahereh Mafi
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 …
In a world where there is so much to grieve and so little good to take? I grieve nothing. I take everything. - Tahereh Mafi
In a world where there is so much to grieve and so little good to take? I grieve nothing. I take everything.
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